Word: threads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Metropolitan orchestra placidly unfolded the famed "heavenly lengths" of Schubert's Seventh Symphony, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo toe-danced the Greek legend of Theseus killing the virgin-devouring Minotaur, and finding his way out of the monster's labyrinth by following Ariadne's thread. Against Dali's brightly painted, more or less relevant backgrounds, the confused milling of the lavishly costumed Greeks, pigeons, roosters, dolphins and waves did little credit to the Ballet Russe's seasoned choreographer, Leoride Massine...
...well-worn but still resilient thread on which the new Abbott musical strings its bright songs and scenes: what might happen if a waning cinema sweater girl were to accept an invitation to a prom at a modest Pennsylvania prep school. Known as "Winsocki," this institution of middle learning is full of agile juveniles, whose antics make anyone over voting age feel a trifle creaky...
...corporations, plus stock in 41 British-owned U.S. insurance companies (including Globe Indemnity and Royal Indemnity) estimated to be worth $180,000,000, plus an estimated $115,000,000 of unlisted securities in 46 privately owned U.S. corporations-including Delta & Pine Land Co., Dunlop Tire & Rubber, Clark Thread, Josiah Wedgewood & Sons (china), Yardley of London (cosmetics) Also assigned to RFC were the earnings of 41 U.S. branches of British insurance companies. Since total earnings of these investments have averaged about $36,000,000 a year-enough to amortize the loan at 3% interest in 15 years-Jesse Jones figured...
Automakers are not the only businessmen who have to thread their way through a smoke-blue Washington feud. Last week utilitymen...
Closing of the 31 U.S. consulates in Europe severed the last thread by which U.S. businessmen kept some contact with an estimated $1,327,000,000 worth of holdings in Axis-controlled countries. Now hopeless were Jews who still hoped to flee from Germany to the U.S., for closed consulates give out no visas. Furthermore, in its new, hard-boiled foreign policy the U.S. was frowning heavily upon any more immigration, had dusted off an old order that visas should not be issued to any European refugees who were leaving close relatives behind them in Germany. Possible reason: such people...