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Eugene Meyer took over the decrepit Post and, as he said, "made all the mistakes in the book." He went on a buying spree, snapping up expensive but unsuitable executives, trained seals, special features and the syndicated columns that were then coming into vogue. (To this day the Post runs 15 syndicated columns, from Walter Lippmann to Walter Winchell, more than any other U.S. paper, plus no fewer than 35 daily comic strips.) Once, during his purchasing zeal, Meyer noticed general gloom over the standing of the Washington Senators baseball team. He called in Sports Columnist Shirley Povich and asked...
...would pound anything that would make noise. But by the early '30s bamboo was on its way out-the police had found that the sticks were too likely to be used as weapons. Then Port-of-Spain musicians turned to garbage-can tops and biscuit tins. Someone-maybe"Spree" Simon or Aulrick Springer or "Totee" Lewis-decided to outline the parts of the tin top which had different pitches. He dented a line across, dividing the pan into segments, and found he had two different notes. The establishment of a U.S. base brought the latest refinement: oil drums...
...Wall Street well knew, the fantastic buying spree was more on the magic of Ford than on the intrinsic value of the company. Though Ford is in blooming good health with assets of $2.4 billion, sales of $4 billion, and earnings of $312 million for the first three quarters of 1955, its stock is no better buy than many another security. In the auto industry, for example, Ford's book value of $34.40 per share is about twice General Motors' but less than half Chrysler's $73.30 per share value. On the analysts' price-earning ratio...
...Mower scoring spree on penalty shots in the last two minutes of play, though it netted six points, came too late and too little to close...
...point scoring spree that set a new Harvard record was the bright spot of the basketball team's performance in the Waterville, Me., New England College Tournament over the vacation...