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Recently, Teamster officials decided that their boss deserved the same sort of generous treatment granted to retired President Tobin, for whom the union provides homes in Miami and New England, along with servants and upkeep. Last March 10, while Beck discreetly absented himself from the room, the union executive board unanimously voted to supply him with a "home and operating help." It turned out that Beck, always a good businessman, did even better than Tobin. He sold his own house to the union for $163,215, pocketed the money and went right on living there, free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Fringe on Top | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

...million a year for the upkeep of the French Expeditionary Corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Tremors from Washington | 5/2/1955 | See Source »

...coverage would be considered. Economy for the student should then be the determining factor in the decision. Hygiene officials estimate that such a program might be instituted at a cost of only $50 to $55 a year for each student, with part of that sum devoted to the continuing upkeep of the Hygiene Department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Health at a Premium | 3/24/1955 | See Source »

...current market value of the investments which comprise Morris' endowment is $13,156, and the income from this even together with the 6d (7 cents) admission fee charged each visitor, is now wholly inadequate to cover the cost of upkeep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Insects Gnaw at England's Harvard House | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

...until 1934 did Allston Burr '89 donate 37-year-old Dudley Hall to the commuters. Boarded up for the previous two years after serving as Freshman living quarters, the building was in poor condition. Unfortunately, Burr did not include funds for the Hall's upkeep, and only after twenty years have the facilities reached any, where near to the adequate mark. But the building was better than the continual jostling the commuters received when they had no location of their...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: Commuter's Center: A Home Is No House | 12/14/1954 | See Source »

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