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...Stafford Cripps, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked British companies to hold down dividends to combat inflation. Since his order would cut sharply into Iran's royalties, Anglo-Iranian, looking for a justified protest from Teheran, quickly offered to revise the 1933 agreement. Razor-sharp Board Chairman Sir William Eraser, a grey, gaunt Scot who runs his own show, journeyed to Teheran, and a compromise was reached in July 1949. It provided for raising Iran's oil revenues sharply. For example, under the new terms, Iran's 1948 royalties would amount to ?18,700,000, compared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Troubled Oil | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...articles which can stand not only on their own merits, but which will also indicate that you've devoted considerable time and effort to their selection. This miniature shaving kit is one of the newest things on the market. It has compartments for four separate items, a brush a razor, after shaving lotion, shaving soap, and a space to hold blades. The whole thing measures four inches across. It's a great gimmick for people who make overnight trips. Complete, it comes to $7.50 and it has a special 14 karat gold shield on the top where initials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Distinctive Christmas Gifts Unearthed | 12/7/1950 | See Source »

...appetites: he pined for more & more entertainment and he got it -almost always with the encouragement of his parents, who discovered that blood & thunder would pacify him almost as effectively as Seconal, and that cutting off his comic books would reduce him to obedience faster than the old-fashioned razor strop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Kiddies in the Old Corral | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

...best bird-brained manner, Gracie floundered in malapropisms, clipped the top off a boxwood hedge with George's electric razor, soundly bussed a startled book salesman (so "snoopers" wouldn't catch her talking to a strange man). Using the reliable formula that won them more than 45 million radio listeners, George Burns and Gracie Allen were making their bow on TV with the first in a bimonthly series (Thurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Old Hands | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

Your cheeks close shaved with razor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: When in Rome | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

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