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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cling to the same spar in a gleam of sunshine, free of the other wreckage for a moment." "My pleasures are music, conversation, the grapple of my intelligence with fresher ones. All this I can sweeten with a kiss, but I cannot saturate and spoil it with fifty thousand . . . Beware. When all the love has gone out of me, I am remorseless; I hurl the truth about like destroying lightning." Upshot: Alice Lockett married a physician...
...subjecting the judgment of U.S. generals, Cabinet members and President alike to the searching inquiry of law, the U.S. had made a strong, exemplary case for the processes of justice. This, coupled with the ruling of its highest court upholding the rights of other nations, said more than a thousand guns about the kind of world that Soldier Girard and his fellow G.I.s overseas are on hand to defend...
...aircraft factory in Los Angeles. Said Chandler: "I don't know much about either aviation or Mr. Douglas, Mr. Henry, but if you think they're both O.K., I'll help. How much do you need, Mr. Douglas?" Replied the awed plane builder: "Fifteen thousand...
...short order, the medical profession was defending its own ethics and condemning Kris. Said Illinois' Dr. Edwin S. Hamilton, chairman of the A.M.A.'s board of trustees: "Not one doctor in a thousand would have charged a fee. We strongly disagree with the action of the doctor."* Said the head of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Paul Hawley: "A terrible thing...
Pumps & Profits. Years ago, a marina could be built for a few thousand dollars: a wooden-piling dock, a gas pump, a shack to sell beer and bait. Today's marina may cost as much as $10 million or more for a layout as complete as any inland shopping center. Run properly, with low dockage rates (anywhere from ½?to 6? per foot per day depending on season) and efficient service, it can produce a handsome profit for any businessman. Says one East Coast marinaman: "With good management, you can conservatively make a 20% return on your investment each...