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...some stature and interest. The Islands of Unwisdom cannot be compared to his best novels (I, Claudius, Claudius the God, Sergeant Lamb's America), but it yields a rich vegetation of outlandish history, and its narrative is skillfully knocked together by a carpenter who knows his nails and timber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poet's Pot | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Time Tito is eager to stimulate trade with the West, offering Yugoslavia's mineral and timber resources in return for United States consumer goods and machinery...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: Tito Sees No Soviet Attack, Mather Says Following Visit | 9/29/1949 | See Source »

...pauper. Reason: the world's dollar crisis. As the U.S.'s best customer, the Dominion needs a whopping supply of U.S. dollars to keep her economy going. Traditionally, she earned some of the dollars by selling in the U.S. and the balance by selling such surpluses as grain and timber to Britain and the rest of the world. Because of the dollar shortage, Britain and many another customer have slashed their purchases in Canada, and have thus ripped apart the historic pattern of Canadian trade. This week, three Canadian cabinet ministers are in Washington for the U.S.-British economic talks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Pere de Famille | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...Most of his legal business was unspectacular (company reorganizations and civil lawsuits), but profitable. He made a name by unraveling business snarls and working out compromises that satisfied opposing parties. It was a time when big British and U.S. companies were coming to Quebec to develop the province's timber, mineral and hydroelectric resources, and the biggest of them were St. Laurent's clients. He was regularly on the go (sometimes at a fee of $200 a day) pleading cases before the Supreme Court in Ottawa and the Privy Council in London. He collected company directorates, became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Pere de Famille | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corp.'s plant in Hagerstown, Md., Chairman J. Carlton Ward Jr., 56, last week called his stockholders' meeting to order. Thin and grey as a timber wolf, Ward seemed calm, but he had good reason to be nervous. Before him sat Sherman M. Fairchild, 53, the company's founder and onetime president, who had come to Hagerstown sworn to kick Ward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Winner Take All | 7/18/1949 | See Source »

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