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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This fellow." said New York's Governor Averell Harriman, waving a bony hand at a picture of Dwight Eisenhower that chanced to be hanging on the wall, "has been as naive as any person in history about the true nature of the Communist conspiracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Issue of Softness | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

...days that followed, Li Po was as inquisitive as any youngster, but with a difference. Why was there no portrait of Mao Tse-tung on the wall? How were Aunty and Uncle Huang serving the people? Why were the poisonous movies of the Americans shown in Hong Kong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RED CHINA: Father to the Man | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

Public Service. In Southsea, England a notice was posted on the wall of the Tudor Rose Cafe, where bosomy Marian Weeks was employed: "Patrons are kindly requested not to waste the waitress's time by asking for her vital statistics . They are 41½, 26, 37. 'S true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 23, 1956 | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

...WALL STREET MERGER will join Eastman, Dillon & Co. and Union Securities Corp., two of nation's biggest investment bankers and underwriters. To be called Eastman, Dillon, Union Securities & Co., new firm will have assets of more than $17 million. Combined underwriting business since Jan. 1, 1955: $770 million in corporate issues and municipal bonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jul. 16, 1956 | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

Most experts agree that SEC, under Chairman J. Sinclair Armstrong, does a competent job in the main areas of responsibility outlined by Congress in the Securities Act of 1933. Such evils as rigged markets have disappeared, and Wall Street, which once fought bitterly against Government interference, now stands solidly behind SEC's work. Backed by strict laws, SEC makes sure that all new issues by listed corporations are accompanied by registration statements giving enough financial information to investors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE SEC IS UNEQUAL TO THE JOB | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

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