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...wrathful Freshman, in a trice, Sent back another bigger slice, Which, being buttered pretty well. Made greasy work wherever it fell...
...Maltz Foundation gets all of LeBlanc's 85,470 shares of capital stock, will license the four backers (formed into a new LeBlanc Corp.) to sell Hadacol. It will get a big slice of the company's profits, which, Maltz says, will go for medical research. LeBlanc was willing to sell for the tax advantages. Instead of paying high income taxes on company profits, he will pay only a 25% long-term capital-gains tax on the sale profit, and "make as much on this deal as I could have with Hadacol in 40 years." LeBlanc had another...
...good deal for both the country and the company. International keeps a slice of the profits for at least ten years more. Colombia got De Mares, together with its 1,030 wells and its other installations (including the refinery at Barranca Bermeja), without paying a centavo. Also, the Colombian government showed the world's oilmen that it is willing to do business fair & square-a good thing for Colombia, which needs foreign capital and know-how to help get its oil out of the ground...
...Delaware bridge in half the time of today's routes. From there, in mid 1952, southbound motorists should be able to bypass Baltimore by cutting through the Eastern Shore of Maryland, crossing the Chesapeake near Annapolis, on a four-mile bridge already begun. This will slice running time between New York and Washington to 4½ hours instead of the present seven...
...simple explanation: "More people are traveling greater distances, and they want to get there in a hurry." His line, the world's biggest carrier, turned in the biggest dollar gain of all (see box). Only Northwest and Colonial were still in the red. But Northwest had managed to slice last year's $3,800,000 deficit by $3,000,000; Colonial trimmed its loss from $431,000 to $40,000. And United turned its $1,600,000 deficit into...