Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...performance, brushed aside a protest by foreign newsmen that they stop the slaughter, said: "We haven't received orders." A French paratroop major who tried to intervene was slapped in the face by a uniformed Territorial private. Dazed and humiliated, the officer stumbled away, muttering: "Are these people worth saving...
...flown all the way from the Azores, where his father works, threw an extra "r" into fanfaronade, and only five spellers were left. Then the only remaining male, Ken Finkel of Atlanta, left one "l" out of favillous. Sandra Owen was unshakable on sequela. Mary Gilliland of Fort Worth hesitated on butyraceous but managed to get by, and redheaded Dana Bennett, 13, of Denver, tossed off ovoviviparous as if it were cat. Poor Jolitta Schlehuber of Topeka, however, substituted an "s" for a "c" in racemiform. And so there were three...
...week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), Wall Street reacted with anticipation. Du Pont stock shot up 6 points to 202½ in the hope of big stock dividends following the court's ruling that Du Pont interests must give up their 23% control (64 million shares) of General Motors stock, worth $2.7 billion. But when Wall Street took a more careful look, Du Pont stock slipped back down. Both Du Pont and G.M. stock fluctuated nervously for the rest of the week, as everyone tried to figure out what the ruling meant-not only for Du Pont...
...order to get rid of stock that pays a handsome $126 million annually in dividends. Through Christiana Securities Co., Delaware Realty & Investment Co. and individual stockholdings, the Du Pont family owns 28% of Du Pont itself, and in turn some 18 million shares of General Motors stock worth $756 million. Yet while the trustbusters want Du Pont to sell its G.M. stock, they have never spelled out how it should be done. Neither has the court suggested how Du Pont might divest itself of all or part of its holdings. Some possibilities...
...soon get out of hand. But though a few obviously unintended benefits may be knocked out, it will be difficult to tighten the tax laws much without seriously cutting the flow of funds to charities. The great problem for Congress: taxes have reached the point where it is worth almost any taxpayer's time and trouble to avoid the full weight...