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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hanover--a locality which, incidentally, couldn't get the game on television either--CBS had been preparing for the broadcast as if the whole world would be listening. More than 20 technicians invaded the village weeks in advance and proceeded to wire up everything in sight. Since the town has no cable connection with Concord, site of the nearest CBS station, two steel towers were built to transmit the voice and picture across the New England countryside on a special microwave circuit. On the day of the game, there were so many CBS men in the press box that reporters...
Burns saw no recession in sight, thought that the U.S. is still feeling the thrust of inflation, although with lessening force. Said he: "The widespread tendency toward increasingly liberal credit terms, which existed several months ago, has apparently run its course. Some improvement in the quality of new mortgage loans is now under way. The same is true of the consumer installment loans being made by some important lenders, though by no means all. Although the total expansion of loans by financial institutions has been continuing at a rapid rate, the loan funds are coming from past and current savings...
With it all, Howard Hughes remains as elusive and secretive as ever. He still operates like a cross between a phantom and a whirlwind, dropping out of sight for days, suddenly reappearing to call executives at any hour, day or night. But as Hughes says: "I know about the important things. What's the measure of this outfit? Our internal problems? Me and the way I operate? Or is it the customer's satisfaction?" By all signs, the U.S. Air Force, Howard Hughes's biggest customer, was eminently satisfied...
...three days the young Prince resisted the temptation and then, with no other national leaders in sight, gave in. Announced the Royal Palace: "At the people's request, [Prince] Upayuvareach Norodom Sihanouk agrees to [head] the new government...
...Ability to set a goal, keep it in sight, work toward it persistently and efficiently...