Word: six
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final songs were the six Ariettes oubliees that Debussy composed to evocative poems of Verlaine in 1888. Though youthful works, which were radically avant-garde in their day, they proved that Debussy was already a master Impressionist. "II pleure dans mon coeur" remains one of the most exquisite gems in the whole song literature...
Churchill admits that his Lark is not the ultimate. One fault: the six-cylinder model is underpowered (he is beefing it up). He is not afraid of the Big Three's forthcoming compact cars. "They will have six-cylinder compact cars, but we have an eight," says he. S.P. will add a 1960 Lark four-door station wagon and a convertible, but confidently will make no basic changes in style. Churchill is betting that the Big Three's entries will fan public interest in U.S. smaller cars, double the market to more than 20%. And he believes that...
...earnings rise came from a strong demand for oil products that exceeded earlier industry forecasts. With record six-month sales of $621 million, Sinclair Oil Corp. boosted profits to $1.76 per share, v. $1.45 in the first half last year. Second-half prospects, noted Sinclair Chairman P. C. Spencer, are even brighter. Said he: "In July gasoline prices began to strengthen appreciably, and if this trend can be maintained, it is reasonable to expect that the remainder of 1959 should continue to show improvement...
...thank you for turning a losing team into a winning one." Charlie Thomas shared the captain's relief. When he took over as president and chief executive officer of TWA just a year ago, the line was flying low and slow; it had operated without a president for six months, had lost close to $12 million. Last week TWA was back to cruising altitude, thanks not only to Thomas but to the astonishing success of its jets and the upsurge in all air traffic...
...still has problems. Its international division, which does not yet have jets, is expected to operate at a loss this year. Thomas denies that TWA is about to sell the overseas business, an industry rumor prompted by a plan to transfer to Pan American six long-range Boeing jets (cost: $40 million). Thomas has found that one 707 will do the work of three piston planes (instead of two, as originally expected), is willing to sell to Capital Airlines six Convair 880 medium-range jets, on order for TWA. The sale would relieve TWA's eccentric owner, Howard Hughes...