Word: trades
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...informed of this belief, Mr. Zeehandler sold some hippos, some rhinos, and some long necked giraffes and obtained Hermione Esmerelda. He proceeded to contact John Foster Dulles, who declared that Hermione Esmerelda could not come to the United States. Such an import, said he, would violate an embargo on trade with Communist China...
...breed of journeyman fighters, proud of his trade, Old Archie (41 going on 44) is always in shape, always ready to throw punches for pay. So last week he simply packed his bag, flew to Louisville and on Derby Eve treated a race-wise crowd to a professional demonstration of ring-wise skill. Archie's snappy little imperial stayed trim as a movie star's toupee while he gave young (25) Besmanoff a painful ten-round boxing lesson. He won the decision handily...
Married. Josepha Heifetz, 27, concert pianist, daughter of Violinist Jascha Heifetz; and Robert Byrne, 27, editor of Western Construction, a San Francisco engineering trade magazine; in San Francisco...
Courses set up especially for industry get word lists tailored to the trade; Berlitz-drilled operatives for a large soup company prowled Italy, snooped out a formula for minestrone in fluent culinary Italian. Berlitz spends much of his time abroad, keeping an ear out for language changes, next week will be in Scandinavia plotting a new teach-yourself primer combining Danish, Norwegian and Swedish...
This year's best seller among higher-priced cars is what the trade calls "the jewelry-box special"-Oldsmobile, with more chrome (44 Ibs.) than any other car in history. Now fourth, it is pushing Plymouth for third place. Among the low-priced three, the fancy Chevrolet Impala and Ford Fairlane 500 outsell less chromy models by three to one. On Ford's custom line, there is a decorative gold-anodized-aluminum strip (along with an armrest and cigarette lighter) that costs $20 extra; 76% of Ford's customers demand it on their cars. Says Ford Stylist...