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Nevertheless, in Manhattan's federal court last week, Judge Sylvester Ryan ruled that none of this was sufficient. In an opinion outlining the decree which he will shortly issue, Judge Ryan said that Du Pont and I.C.I., which he had already found guilty of violating anti-trust laws, must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONOPOLY: Nylon for Everybody | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

"The apotheosis of sophistication-style and manner without content," wrote Brooks Atkinson for the New York Times. Said Critic Robert Sylvester of the gum-chewing Daily News: "I liked that thing back in 1934 and I liked it even better last night." So last week, after 18 years, the Virgil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Old Pigeons | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

¶In Manhattan, Gambler Frank Costello, who was convicted of contempt of the Senate's Crime Investigating Committee (and promptly appealed), was sentenced by Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan to 18 months and $5,000. Said Costello, in polite if gravel-voiced tones: "Thank you."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Social Notes | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

For a few days last week, Gambler Frank Costello, 60, sat glumly in a Manhattan courtroom and faced the prospect of a prison term. Charged with contempt of Congress for walking out on the Kefauver crime committee last March, he based his defense on the contentions that i) television hearings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Hung Jury | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

Milton coach Warren Koehler admitted that the Orange and Blue has no outstanding stars like last year's captain and center forward, Whitney MacQuarrie, but admits that he has more linemen who can shoot well than ever before. Captain Ky Sylvester, Philip Perry, and Chauncey Bartholet are the inside trio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Booters Play Starless Milton Away | 10/10/1951 | See Source »

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