Word: ranging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...judgment was already being vindicated. As shame followed the orgy, the zoo was flooded with sympathetic phone calls and letters. Most of the missing animals were smuggled back under coats and in lunch pails. Children began policing one another's behavior. A pair of eight-year-old girls rang doorbells and collected $14.39, which they sent in with a note of apology, saying that "hopefully, most children are taught kindness and gratitude for the love and beauty of God's creatures." "The contrast is unbelievable," said Seattle Park Superintendent Edward Johnson. "It's as if the public...
...year of 1867. Yet even Rich would be amazed to see how far his "M. Rich Dry Goods Store" has come. Last week, presiding over its centennial-year annual meeting, Grandson Richard H. Rich, 65, the present chairman and chief executive, ticked off statistics. Rich's last year rang up sales of $148 million for a 12.9% gain over the previous year (v. 3% for U.S. retailers in general) and showed earnings of $14,450,000. Return on equity was a solid 13.6%. And with operations outgrowing its main store and five branches, Rich's is about...
...fire company answered a false alarm--one of the many reported during the night--but this one was special. As the firemen arrived they were pelted with bricks and bottles. Then shots rang out from a rooftop, and one fire lieutenant was shot through the wrist. The sniper was not caught...
...plans for an acquisition of its own. Robert E. Brooker, chairman of the Chicago-based retailing and mail-order giant, said Ward would buy Los Angeles' MSL Industries Inc. for some $90 million in securities as a first step toward building "a substantial manufacturing complex." MSL last year rang up $116 million in sales of industrial fasteners, plastics and other products, earned $6.4 million-which is just the sort of tonic Ward can use. Suffering from tight pressure on profit margins, Ward cleared only $16.5 million from its record 1966 sales of $1.9 billion...
...phone rang again. This time it was George Rallis, the Minister of Public Order, who had got reports of disorders,, "Mobilize the troops in northern Greece," the King told Rallis. "Have them move down to Athens." Moments later, the King learned that his Premier, Panayotis Kanellopoulos, had been deposed and arrested. Guards then reported that three tanks had taken up positions by the gate of Tatoi Palace. Desperate for information, the King called nearby Tatoi military airbase. The duty officer reported that Tatoi had been seized. "Who signed the orders?" asked the King. "General Pattakos," replied the officer. The King...