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...turned out, Boshell didn't work himself out of a job after all. For in his handling of the intricate Pittsburgh Railways reorganization, he so impressed Pittsburgh's potent Mellons that they asked him to take on the vacant presidency of famed old Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Last year, at 49, Boshell did so. Last week, as he began winding up what is now his sideline job at Standard, Boshell was busily expanding Westinghouse Air Brake from its traditional railway equipment into such new fields as electronics, pneumatic tools...
...missionary, Xavier was more like a streetcorner preacher than the polished diplomat some historians make him out to be. In Bologna, Italy he had attracted attention "by standing on a vacant bench, waving his big hat, and shouting to loungers and marketing folk to come and listen to the Word of God." In "golden, heartless Goa," the citadel of Portugal's Asiatic colonies, he got crowds for his instructions by walking up & down the streets ringing a large bell. And when he found an audience, he held it. Writes Biographer Brodrick: "Perhaps they laughed at him to start with...
...night and here were all these people standing around, not even drinking, just watching Milton Berle. I decided right away that this was for me." Last May the leading role in Martin Kane, which had been successively filled by William Gargan and Lloyd Nolan, fell vacant. Says Tracy: "They opened negotiations with me and I jumped at the chance." He almost regrets that he has made a rule never to tell his salary, because "the people I'm working for are terrifically liberal-simply terrific...
...recognized them rapidly " Asked if Red China should get China's permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, he said he did not think "the time will ever come when any country will shoot its way into the U.N." On the other hand, "that the seat should remain vacant and not occupied by a government no longer in existence would be un likely." On the basis of these answers, Steven son's most enthusiastic press supporter, the New York Post, reported that in spite of Stevenson's "guarded language," his words contained "strong intimations of the position...
...went on playing chess. He won five U.S. championships, and defeated the famed Jose Capablanca in tournament play. He has had only one chance at the world's championship. In 1948 Reshevsky, three Soviet grand masters and the Dutch champion Max Euwe played for the title left vacant by the death of Alexander Alekhine. Russia's Mikhail Botvinnik won the title; Reshevsky tied for third with another Soviet player, Paul Keres. Though he didn't win first prize, Reshevsky is convinced he can defeat Botvinnik in match play, the usual way in which world championships are determined...