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...output), mostly for the European market, is owned jointly by Anglo-Iranian (British), Compagnie Française des Petroles (French), Royal Dutch-Shell (Dutch-British), and the Near East Development Corp. (Socony-Vacuum, Standard Oil Co., N.J.), each with 23.75% of the shares. The remaining 5% is owned by shrewd old Manipulator Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ: 50-50 | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

...Shrewd but ethical recruiting which attracts students with intelligence, athletic ability, and money is probably the best sort of football policy, Dean Bender told the Harvard Club of Milwaukee Wednesday night, according to the Associated Press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shrewd, Ethical Recruiting Policy Asked by Bender | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...Dean listed three choices other than "shrewd recruiting," which colleges could take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shrewd, Ethical Recruiting Policy Asked by Bender | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...shrewd Director Halasz picked Manon? Partly because, under Conductor Morel, he had "the strongest French wing in the U.S. To be brutally frank," saic Halasz, there was another, equally good reason: "The Met didn't do very much with the French repertory this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Manon as It Should Be | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

When FRB pulled its peg, the long-term 2½% bonds, which had been supported above par, slumped to par. But FRB had picked a shrewd time to drop its support. It was the same day that Snyder announced the details of his new issue. Insurance companies and other big buyers liked the terms so well that they jumped into the market and prices steadied, although down from the pegged level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: Toward a Sounder Currency | 3/19/1951 | See Source »

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