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...Wolfson forces began relentlessly to hammer Avery with questions from the floor. Desperately, the Ward group tried to shield the old man by putting the chair in the hands of Corporation Secretary John Barr. But Wolfson stockholders insisted on answers from Avery himself, and the old man, lost in the clangor of shareholders' cowbells and the booming of loudspeakers, seemed confused, often crying out, "I can't hear...
...major extension of insurance to cover long-term illnesses now excluded was approved at a joint Chicago meeting of Blue Cross (hospitalization) and Blue Shield (medical care) representatives. By year's end, most of the autonomous local plans are expected to offer combination policies (for extra premiums of about $1 a month for an individual, $2 to $3 for a family) to provide up to two years of care for long-lasting disorders now excluded, e.g., mental illness, tuberculosis, incurable cancer, alcoholism. Most plans now exclude these illnesses, and limit protection to about 70 days' care for acute...
Liquid Tile. A liquid plastic that dries into a smooth, hard, waterproof, tile-like surface was put on sale by Ev-R Shield Products, Inc. of Joppa, Md. "Glascote," painted by brush, swab or roller onto porous materials like plaster, plaster wallboard, seasoned wood, concrete or pressed wood, develops a poreless finish that, says the manufacturer, is invulnerable to all known solvents. Price...
Time has obscured both the shield's motto, "Tenco et Tencor" (I hold and I am Holden), and the building's original purpose. Holden remained a chapel for scarcely two decades before becoming the home of the Provincial House of Representatives which had fled from British troops in Boston. A further insult to the British benefactress was the building's transformation into a barrack for 160 Revolutionary soldiers. In 1779, after the infantry had departed, the faculty voted that "The college Engines and Buckets be immediately repaired and plac'd in Holden Chapel." The small building became the College...
...health insurance for 2,000,000 federal employees, but make them pay for it through premiums (as in Blue Shield plans...