Word: suits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Professor Bergson, who visited the Soviet Union this summer for the third time, in order to get some idea of the present economic state, observes that the diet and clothing of the workers are still very poor. A good suit, he points out, costs 1500 rubles, but the average worker makes only 800 rubles a month, the equivalent...
Proving that old teamsters never die, fading ex-Teamster Boss Dave Beck, 65, convicted tax dodger out on bail pending his appeals, put on a natty brown suit, shuffled down to his Seattle parking lot, put in a day's work. Huffing and puffing, he explained: "Business was not building up the way it should...
...different reason. In his 1958 appearances on the air, Clark won $22,500, but the producers' admission that the show was crooked, said he, has damaged his reputation. Reason: his friends will not believe that he was not in on the fix. He filed a $500,000 suit against NBC, the show's producers (Barry & Enright Productions) and the sponsor (Procter & Gamble). What's more, argued Clark, his eye on an even bigger payoff, the fix cost him a possible $40,000 in winnings. He sued for that...
Moving swiftly, Journal-American Publisher Joseph Kingsbury Smith had a $3,100,000 libel suit filed against the Guild. "Deliberate malice or shocking irresponsibility," said Smith of the article. "It is idiotic to think that the management of the Journal-American would be planning to suspend publication...
After three weeks of unexpected delay, the Arnold arboretum's $1 million breach of trust suit against the Corporation has been presented to the State Supreme Court for immediate decision...