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...martial Macedonian's. The picture presents two hours and 25 minutes of continuously colossal spectacle in CinemaScope, Technicolor and stereophonic sound. There are 6,000 people in the cast and 1,000 horses. Several regiments of the Spanish army were rented for the battle scenes, and a sizable slice of Spain was borrowed. Three towns were taken over for incidental scenes. Europe was ransacked for theatrical supplies: 1,800 suits of Greek and Persian armor, 450 swords, 200 bows, 3,000 arrows, 6,000 short spears and 400 long, 1,200 shields, 42 chariots, 600 other pieces of antique...
...Trustbuster Stanley Barnes (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) expressed concern because G.M.'s five auto divisions turned out 50.76% of all cars sold in the U.S. But G.M. keeps getting bigger. Though overall U.S. auto production was off 17% in the first two months of 1956, G.M. increased its slice of the market to 55%. Chrysler's share in the same two months dropped from 17.1%, its 1955 average, to 15%; Ford's output slid from 28.2% to 25%. American Motors and Studebaker-Packard each clung to 2.5% of total production...
...aircraft industry gets by far the biggest slice of the defense dollar-and no industry gets, in turn, a more careful check from Congress. The allegation before the current House investigation (headed by Louisiana's F. Edward Hebert) is that the industry's profits are too big. The manufacturers pose a larger question: Are profits big enough to let the industry do the vital defense...
...more. Davis has spent at least $2,000,000 on a tomato farm, millions more on four plant nurseries, including the world's largest orchid and house plant producer. He operates the biggest ice cream plant in the Southeast, runs three dairies, owns a big slice of a freight airline (Riddle...
...spikes can rip across the wet soil and oars can slash the choppy waves. At last muscles can hurt after an afternoon of rugby and lungs can ache after hours of lacrosse. The discus and the javelin slice through somehow cleaner air and the ping of the tennis court seems a truer sound as the air turns warmer...