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...England, Japan and from the U.S. (Pan American World Airways) maneuvered against each other in an effort to grasp the prize: 40,000 sq. ft. of the most valuable land in Hong Kong, smack in the middle of the city's bustling financial district. Suspense mounted until the noth bid was made. Then, while little groups huddled together to see if they should raise their bids, the gavel banged down decisively. The winners, with a top bid of $2,480,000: two Texas millionaires, Leo Francis Corrigan, a real estate wheeler-dealer, and Toddie Lee Wynne, whose pile comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REAL ESTATE: Texans in Hong Kong | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

...when Mammy and Bell quarreled, she pushed him over a staircase railing to his death (the murder was never proved against Mammy before she died in 1904 at the age of 87). Author Holdredge's solidly researched story suffers from arid stretches, but there is noth ing arid about beautiful Mammy Pleasant or the life she led her partner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Babies, Scandal & Apples | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...four years before his death, Cézanne built a studio on the Chemin des Lauves, half a mile noth of Aix, commanding a fine view of the town and the surrounding mountains. Cézanne painted most of his last pictures in this studio. This week Cézanne's old studio, purchased and restored by an international committee, was formally opened as a museum and memorial to the French Master...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mountain in Provence | 7/12/1954 | See Source »

...decision, kicked the match away. He refused Bromwich's thoughtful offer to forfeit rather than beat the tournament's No. 1 drawing card, went down 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the last three sets. Stomping off the court, Trabert snapped at Aussie newsmen: "I have noth ing to say. You can make up your own story." Next day it was Seixas' turn to make another story. Playing in a doubles match with Partner Trabert, Wimbledon Cham pion Seixas was aced to match point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Too Much Tennis | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

...Weld Noth practically clinched the freshman National League race last night besting Stoughton, 26 to 22, for their seventh straight win. Other results in the National League: Straus North 53, Dud ley 15; Hollis 23, Lionel 21; and Wiggles worth west 38, Holworthy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritan Six Trips Eliot, 4-2; Dudley Ties Deacons, 4-4 | 2/26/1952 | See Source »

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