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PROFILE of lawyer Simon Rifkind. Douglas, a classmate and longtime friend of Rifkind's, wrote in his book, "The Court Years," that Rifkind was the …
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PROFILE of Citibank, the second largest bank in the world (after the California-based Bank of America), and the one most given to technological as well as …
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PROFILE of the Xerox Corporation. Among the more immediate problem of xerography is the overwhelming temptation it offers to violate the copyright laws. …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the Communications Satellite Corp. or Comsat. It had been established by an Act of Congress-the Communications Satellite Act of …
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PROFILE of the Common Market. When the Common Market was set up in 1947 by the Treaty of Rome, terms of a common farm policy were purposely left vague. …
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PROFILE of the Common Market. Jean Monnet, of France, the father of the Common Market, tells about the forming of the Schuman Plan, principally drafted by …
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PROFILE of Edward Russell Dewey, director of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, tells about a classic cyclic example from nature. From 1735 up to the …
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PROFILE of David E. Lilienthal, co-founder & chairman of the board of the Development & Resources Corporation, of 50 Broadway. D. & R.--whose co-founder & …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about London's financial district, the old City of London, & about a visit to several of its institutions among them the Stock …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the International Ice Patrol. Visit to Argentia, Newfoundland, the Ice Patrol's advance operating base. Argentia was …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a major flare that erupted on the sun, Feb. 9, 1958; about the magnetic storm that followed a day later; how it affected all sorts …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the First Precinct which embraces the financial district. The region covers roughly 200 acre and is criss-crossed by 17 1/2 miles …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about a trip to Antarctica. The South Pole Station is perched on the plateau of ice directly over the geographical pole. The Station was …
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PROFILE of Hugh Bullock, son of Calvin Bullock, founder of Calvin Bullock, Ltd., an investment-management firm specialiing in mutual funds. The firm is the…
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PROFILE of the General Dynamics Corporation, which design & manufactures ballistic missiles, atomic reactors, atomic submarines, supersonic aircraft, and …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the Summer Nationals of the American Contract Bridge League, the World Series of bridge which took place a few weeks ago at the …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the Ford Foundation sale of 10,200, 000 shares of Ford Motor Co. stock. Charles R. Blyth, chairman of the board of Blyth & Co., the…
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PROFILE of David S. Jackson, a stock specialist on the American Stock Exchange. On Ap. 21, 1954, Canada Southern Petroleum, one of his stocks, indulged in …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about tornadoes & about the particular one that struck Worcester, Mass., on Jun. 9, 1953, killing 90 persons. By far the most …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about General Motors' sale of over 4 million shares of common stock & how the sale was underwritten by a nation-wide syndicate of …
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REPORTER AT LARGE about Robert R. Young's proxy fight to get control of the N.Y. Central. His campaign began Jan. 17, 1954, when he informed Harold S. …