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...fear of death." Another flash reveals the writer in the throes of creation, dipping his pen into his own blood: "Writing may have been a game in other ages. Today it is a grave duty, to proclaim a state of mobilization, to urge men to do their utmost to surpass the beast...
...Your story renewed my admiration and appreciation for this artist, who can paint what many of us can only dream. His universal figures and impressions surpass the barriers of language and age. (MRS.) ANN KUPERBERG Elizabeth...
...huge number of applications--expected by the deadline to surpass last year's total of 2700 by 400--is making early decisions on candidates increasingly difficult, Toepfer explained. "We are haunted by the problem of filling too many places early in the year and then having to reject more-qualified people merely because of late application," he said...
...quarter scarcely makes a year, but 1965 nonetheless seems destined to surpass 1964, when a record 1,958 companies increased their dividends and total cash payments rose to $19.8 billion. Reason: in addition to higher sales, most companies are retaining more earnings, getting higher investment tax credits and depreciation allowances, and benefiting from continuing corporate tax cuts...
...reached in 1964." Chrysler President Lynn Townsend said flatly that "the industry is now in the process of putting two 8,000,000-car years back to back," estimated that 8,100,000 cars will be sold in 1965. American Motors President Roy Abernethy agreed that 1965 sales will surpass 1964's, predicted that the industry will sell 45 million new cars in the next five years. Henry Ford II topped them all: 1965 sales, said he, "may well be as high...