Word: van
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York's Union Theological Seminary had a housing problem. Faced with an unexpected influx of 60-odd returned veterans next semester (two-thirds of them married, some with children) Henry Pitney Van Dusen's interdenominational residence halls were stumped. Union's housing problem spotlighted a broader and more interesting question: has the war turned more young men than usual to the service...
...plans would go forward for expansion inside the city limits. It will open ten branches in outlying metropolitan districts, a new uptown Fifth Avenue store, close to Rockefeller Center and Best & Co.'s new store. In carrying out this expansion, Dorothy Shaver will have the help of able Van Buren Sims, first vice president. What Dorothy Shaver's uptown store will look like, no outsider knows. But New Yorkers will expect a fashion treat...
Acting Governor' General Hubertus J. van Mook brushed aside an Indonesian suggestion that the quarrel in Java be settled by the United Nations Organization. Governor Van Mook preferred "direct discussions" between The Netherlands and her rebellious colonials. He also put his trust in growing Anglo-Dutch strength...
Last week Chief Justice Stone produced a list of the paintings, which was sure to make museum directors come hurrying round to beg for just a peek. Among the 202 masterpieces were five Botticellis, 15 Rembrandts, six Rubens, six Van Eycks...
Hollywood Pin-Up. In going after the big buyers, Alcoa was not neglecting little markets. Typical was the "Hollywood Pin-Up," an aluminum clothespin. Its inventors were two neighbors in Van Nuys, Calif., who got tired of hearing their wives grumble about ersatz clothespins. Alcoa helped them perfect the pin, licensed them to use its color process, "Alumilite," at a nominal royalty. Del E. Webb, contractor and co-owner of the New York Yankees, financed them. Last week, the Del E. Webb Products Co. was busy shipping out 80,000 pins a day, expects to use 2,500,000 pounds...