Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Integrators. Tariki and his young assistants are no mere nationalizers; they saw how Mossadegh nationalized Iran's oil only to find that he simply could not sell it. Instead, Tariki wants to develop "integrated" operations down to the distant gas pump, with the Arabs taking a share in producing, transporting and marketing the oil. Aramco is willing to give him more money in future concessions but no part in company operations outside Saudi Arabia. Last week the talk of Cairo was about a Tariki plan for an Arab-owned tanker fleet and a new Arab-owned pipeline from...
...minors. From the sidelines came an unsolicited comment from ex-Dodger Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color line in the majors with Brooklyn twelve years ago. When he and two other Negroes got tryouts at Fenway Park back in 1945, recalled Jackie: "We were told they never saw anybody do so well in a tryout, and that's the last thing we were told. There's no question that if the Red Sox wanted [a Negro player] they could find...
...Schoolteacher Homer Davis helped found Athens College in 1925, saw the academy for Greek boys slowly increase its first enrollment of 15 students and endowment of $10,000, took over as president in 1930. Last week, from the U.S.-Greek-run school in Athens, which tenaciously survived the dictatorship of John Metaxas (1936-41), successive occupations by Italians, Germans and British, and a painful postwar rebuilding, President Davis, 63, announced his resignation. President-elect, picked by Davis during a trip to the U.S. last month: Charles Marion Rice, 52, director of admissions and head of the English department...
...hauled him in for a "reeducation" session that included a sound bawling-out for "lack of balance." According to the reports that got to the U.S. last week, Moiseyev protested, voiced shock and chagrin at the ministry's reaction. But he would be more careful about what he saw and said in future...
...CHICAGO THEATER. The Wire Was signed "Louie Lipstone," the name of the head man at the Chicago Theater. Next morning, mildly conscience-stricken, Adler went around to explain. He walked in on a telephone conversation. "But I didn't send you a wire!" Lipstone was shouting. Then he saw the harmonica player. He covered the mouthpiece and asked: "Did you, you little bastard?" Adler nodded. Lipstone turned to the phone. "Yeah, that's right," he said. "The kid's great...