Word: stocking
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...reporters, "copies of the letter have been circulated all over the state," and he wanted to explain it. "I have been in debt practically all my life. I assumed a staggering obligation years ago as a matter of honor." A bank, in which Hanley and his widowed mother owned stock, had failed, Hanley had taken on a debt of more than...
Last week, at Henry's insistence, Sark trooped to the polls for the second election in its history. Henry himself had whipped up a New Brigade Party, consisting largely of his wife and various employees at the local Stock's Hotel, to oppose the old-guard deputies. "It's a disgrace, a perfect disgrace," muttered one oldtimer, "holding the island up to ridicule." In the local greystone schoolhouse (which doubles as the parliament chamber), he and 190-odd other voters of Sark soon made their indignation evident on the ballot. Not one of Henry Head...
...Angeles, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Gordon Evans Dean assured reporters that the U.S. stock of atom bombs was undoubtedly larger than Russia's but added, "That's not much comfort, because 10, 20 or 30 bombs is far too many for anyone to have...
...prodigious researcher, Lea had dipped into Mexico to learn about the Spanish origins of U.S. cattle. He came back with some dramatic bullfight sketches and material for a fine first novel, The Brave Bulls (TIME, April 25, 1949). Later, he visited Southwestern ranches and Midwestern stock farms, spent a solid week on the killing floor at Swift & Co.'s Chicago stockyards. The resulting pictures struck Texans as not only good but mighty authentic. Looking at a Lea branding scene last week, one grizzled cattleman remarked: "You can smell the smoke from the burned hair...
When Ohio Realtor John W. Galbreath offered to buy six buildings in Cleveland's downtown Terminal Tower Group for $7,800,000 last spring, Railroader Robert R. Young, who owned the majority of the stock, thought the deal was solid. But when the time came to pass the cash, Galbreath wanted to change the sale conditions. Twice Bob Young granted extensions; twice Galbreath asked for new terms, and the contract grew to 100 pages...