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...built he had to borrow huge sums, much of the money from a set of Detroit and Cleveland sharpies. But he fabricated his gaudy dream, kept a healthy third interest, and was still out in front as manager, diamond-studded cuff links glittering, when the last carpet was tacked down...
...break it up and get back to work.' ") Their Ballet Theatre Foundation brought in outside financial help, but even so Ballet Theatre almost went under two years ago. Lucia's own contribution: close to $1,500,000 from the fortune left her by her carpet-heir husband, Thomas Ewing Jr., who died...
...orange juice and honey. At the end of the first hour the drama had been squeezed out of the annual rite; some members' heads were nodding. Winston Churchill fidgeted fretfully, first slumping down in his seat, then drawing himself bolt upright to peer dully at the green carpet between his feet. When Cripps finished, there were only two cheerful men in the chamber-Cripps himself and Tory Chief Lord Woolton, who smiled down blandly from the gallery...
Clear Skies. The big housing boom had paid off for the building-materials men. A shining example: Johns-Manville Corp. had a net of almost $4,000,000 (v. $2,800,000 last year). The building boom also helped the sales of carpetmakers, while Firth Carpet Co. reported a new and unexpected ally. "Television in the home [means] more visitors . . . and a general realization . . . that many of the other house furnishings are in a somewhat shabby and outmoded condition, particularly the floor coverings...
...Duchess, Lady Rosemary, the Duke's daughter, and two visiting lords also served as guides. "The carpet," Lady Rosemary told a clutch of gapers in the tapestry-hung hall of state, "is considered very fine. We really shouldn't be standing on it, but it's difficult...