Word: standardize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rabbits & Flies. The environment into which Nelson was born on July 8, 1908 appeared to need no working on. Grandfather John Davison Rockefeller had hammered together the Standard Oil Trust and amassed a billion dollars along the way. Grandfather Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, at the time senior Senator from Rhode Island, ruled the Senate and bellowed at the White House. The young Rockefellers, obviously, had wealth, power and prestige. But they were allowed to revel in none of the three. Instead, they learned their gentle father's code: "Every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every possession...
...shot showed up in at least three Southern newspapers, the Mobile Register, Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont and Aiken (S.C.) Standard and Review, without a ruffle. Picture Editor Howard Knapp of the New York Daily News spread it across Page One and called it: "The best picture of the year-it's got motion and emotion...
...historic week for Wall Streeters. Led by such blue chips as U.S. Steel and Standard Oil (N.J.), the Dow Jones industrial average broke through the 520 level that has been a barrier three times before, climbed to an alltime record high of 526.57 before settling back to 526.43. What gave the market its record-breaking push was the same combination of improving business news, institutional buying and fear of inflation that has sent it on one of the steepest climbs in history...
...last week from Buick. It boosted lowest price models by $63, lopped $491 off its top-price line. But the prices were not strictly comparable to last year's because Buick completely changed all its cars, and some of the '59s will carry 1958 extras as standard equipment, e.g., acrylic lacquer finish that General Motors says retains 75% of its original sheen after a year's exposure...
...television films. Teaming up with Hollywood Producer Edward Small, Gordon formed Television Programs of America, Inc. as a production and distribution company. Into T.P.A. Gordon and Small put $125,000 apiece, bought their first series. Ramar of the Jungle, for $100,000. In the era before Hollywood features became standard late-show fare, stations snapped up Ramar; eventually it grossed...