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Word: sums (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ever saw," exclaimed one horrified mother. But not all agreed. "A blast-out of sight. I wish it could happen every day," said one teenager. It probably won't. The tab for the three-day Happening, with the cost of filming, was nearly $30,000-a fairly inflationary sum to pay for such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resorts: Happening at the Hamptons | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

...second $158,000, the third $282,000-and all three verdicts were tossed out by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court. Anxious to avoid yet another trial, though conceding no fault whatever, Doctors Hospital has just settled out of court for the round sum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Torts: Conundrums of Causation | 7/29/1966 | See Source »

...high bridge and started falling to almost certain death or serious injury far below. On the way, he struck some high-tension wires, and was electrocuted before he hit the ground. After long pondering, the court held the utility company liable for damages-but only for the almost minuscule sum that the boy's life and health were worth when he hit the wires. Of such subtle compromises is negligence law made and ever remade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Torts: Conundrums of Causation | 7/29/1966 | See Source »

...fees, trustees' fees and stock-transfer taxes. Even so, in many cases the trust can save post-death administrative expenses equaling as much as 10% of the estate. Moreover, it may be a godsend to older citizens yearning to let others take over their business headaches. In sum, the creator of a living trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trusts & Estates: The Art of Avoiding Probate | 7/8/1966 | See Source »

What we have, in sum, is a director who is trying to put on a show called Falstaff, a star who is playing in a different work (the one actually written by Shakespeare), and a surrounding cast that is deficient for either. We deserve better

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: The Stratford Shakespeare Festival | 7/5/1966 | See Source »

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