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...survival as a writer during the bleak years is a mystery to his friends and even to him. But he was determined from the start not to be diverted from fulltime writing by the mere need to eat. For a while he lived on stale bread and buttermilk in a $3 room on Hudson Street. Yaddo, the writers' colony run by Mrs. Elizabeth Ames at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., became a home away from home. He stayed there off and on for several years, even through one winter when other writers had fled their literary monastery, working for his board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelists: Ovid in Ossining | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

...world's wealthiest men. About the only place that Ludwig's wealth shows through is aboard his $2,000,000 yacht Danginn, on which he occasionally likes to entertain movie stars and other celebrities while he lingers over a mild drink or soberly sips buttermilk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Finance: This Man Ludwig | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

...pores over the contents of the briefcases until midnight. Sunday is the only day he reserves for his family: Wife Jane, Daughter Constance, 17, and Son Mike, 14. Freeman's hard-driving pace has brought him an ulcer and a spastic colon, and he sips milk and buttermilk at his desk to quiet his innards. Occasionally a spasm comes upon him, and he has to lie down on a couch in his office, rigid as a rake handle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agriculture: A Hard Row to Hoe | 4/5/1963 | See Source »

...supplier, but it still has to worry about the threat to fat-rich dairy products from dieting and cholesterol consciousness. Borden's has met the challenge by producing its own 900-calorie Ready Diet and Lifeline, a lowfat, high-profit fortified milk. For dieters, it also pushes its buttermilk, skim milk and cottage cheese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Borden's Green Pastures | 3/29/1963 | See Source »

...hallmark of our quality." He personally intends to see that they do. And he has his own special means for keeping his waistline in fighting trim for all those calorie-loaded inspection trips: when not on the road or entertaining guests, he usually lunches at his desk on buttermilk and crackers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Something Like Mom's | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

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