Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...essence they are trying to force integration down the throats of the people of Deerfield, and we are resentful. We have an obligation to other communities to fight." Merchandiser Morris Courington took the mike. "Some shyster came around and offered us about half what our house is worth. We called the real estate company, and they wouldn't even accept our listing." Mrs. Robert Ettinger, an engineer's wife, who moved over from Evanston after Negroes moved into the neighborhood, chimed in with word that the Ettingers had "taken a terrible licking" on the price of their Evanston...
...offers his soft, crispy-crusted pizzas nightly to anyone within two miles who can foot the 35 cents delivery charge, and if you feel like paying 89 cents up for a ten-inch pie, it's worth...
Ford's hand was forced by a stock prospectus issued by the Ford Foundation, which plans to sell another 2,000,000 shares of Ford stock (worth some $155 million) in order to diversify its holdings. Included in a list of company products was a footnote on Edsel: "Introduced in September 1957 and discontinued in November 1959." Once that got out, Ford had to speak out, though it had planned to hold off until all Edsels in dealers' inventories were sold. It really did not make much difference. As of last week, only about...
...schoolteaching worth it? To lure more students into the profession, Amherst College surveyed graduates who have tackled the job since 1928. The surprisingly zestful replies are summarized in the Amherst Alumni News...
Newspaper readers sometimes get the impression that lost masterpieces of art turn up continually, and that any old-looking picture in the attic or at an auction may be worth a fortune. The day-after fact: the typical news story about the Rembrandt that Aunt Sophie found in a pushcart usually comes unglued just a few days after it has been front-paged, but by then, it is no longer news. Contributing to the confusion is the fact that art experts generally refuse to challenge such stories, for fear of libel suits. Result: gullible collectors spend thousands each year purchasing...