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...sits, boys," cried the boss of the tugs. "Blow your horns!" The spirit of the occasion even moved the staid Queen Juliana. She tossed her purse to a surprised cop, waved away courtiers clucking in alarm, waded ankle-deep in the construction-site muck to reach the ladder and clamber to the top of Caisson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Netherlands: Closing the Gap | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

Reminded that two former G.E. officials testified a fortnight ago that he had given instructions for them to meet with competitors to fix prices, Paxton heatedly denied the charge. But he admitted that as he took over new divisions during his rise up the G.E. ladder, he never asked his subordinates if they had previously violated antitrust laws. "I contented myself with telling them I was unalterably opposed to this monkey business," he said. "I considered it womanish to ask a man what he had done in the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Ethics: Price Fixing (Contd.) | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

...Jeff's ladder is Jim Allen, who was able to win only three games all afternoon against Yale's Bob Hetherington. Playing behind him are Jack Walter, Tony Scolnick, Al Lowy, Tom Alcoly, and Dudley Lyons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Varsity Will Meet Amherst in Home Contest | 4/19/1961 | See Source »

...thought he was kind of funny there at first." said a patrolman. "But then he started acting like Napoleon, saying he demanded Jade Beach, he demanded the right to drink beer in the street, he demanded this and that." With the aid of a utility-truck ladder, Dalluge was pulled from the traffic light and off to pokey, given a 70-day sentence for inciting a riot and resisting arrest. Next morning he was thinking of home and mother. "What'll she think?" he asked nervously. "Do you suppose she's heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Where the Bores Are | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

...broad jump is a third strong event, with four men jumping over 23 feet. Top on the ladder are Chukwuma Azikiwe and Marty Beckwith, who have both jumped 23 ft., 3 in., and Blodgett can come within half an inch of this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

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