Word: wound
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still groggy, John shaved, dressed and went to feed the attack-trained Doberman pinscher that he had leased for $25 a week. Holding out the meat, he forgot and commanded, "Get it!"; the dog obediently bit his hand. He was still bandaging the wound when two policemen, answering the Tel-Guard summons, began pounding at his door. Fumbling frantically, John managed to undo the three locks on the door, but in the process he dropped the 7-lb. vertical steel bar from the $14.50 Police Fox lock on his foot. After apologizing profusely to the cops, he limped back inside...
...country's production grew by almost 9% in 1968 and should expand by another 6.5% in 1969-with inflation accounting for barely 2% of the rise in each year. As a result of that performance, the Germans registered a trade surplus of $4.6 billion last year and wound up with $10 billion in gold and monetary reserves, compared with France's $4.1 billion...
...Back in the early '50s, when Prudential Lines' Founder Stephen D. Stephanidis encountered financial troubles, Spyros Senior and some others bailed out their fellow Greek immigrant by taking a financial interest in the line. By 1960, Stephanidis had died unexpectedly, the others had sold out, and Skouras wound up as Prudential's sole owner. His son, bored with running a string of 75 New York-area theaters, decided to try his hand at directing the line...
...father did not have an easy time in New York. Unable to get a teaching post, he wound up working in an office. To this day, his heart is in Fürth. He has been back to visit twice, and two weeks ago wrote to the local newspaper to ask for clippings of stories about his son. Heinz, who soon became Henry, adapted much more easily. In Germany, he had been an average student. In Manhattan's George Washington High School, he became a straight-A pupil...
...Michigan Avenue and leased it to Wolman. Soon after ground was broken in late 1965, however, Wolman found himself overextended in a number of other financial dealings. His troubles were aggravated when a faulty support caisson required the costly dismantling of part of the building's superstructure. Wolman wound up selling his interest in the skyscraper for a $5,000,000 loss in late 1966. He is currently involved in bankruptcy proceedings in an effort to salvage his interests, which include ownership of 52% of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles...