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...Abraham Lincoln or St. Francis...
...ventured Martin Jacobs of the Lipman Wolfe & Co. department-store chain in Oregon. "They see a recession, are told to conserve, and do. But then, when things don't improve all that much, they go back to their old buying habits." Julian Seeherman, a senior vice president of Abraham & Straus in Brooklyn thinks that with the economy slowly recovering, "people are less concerned about security and are willing to spend for what they think is right...
...decoratively (and ingeniously) grafted on to fans, necklaces, needle cases and hand mirrors. Clocks were emblazoned with statuary and paintings. Yet Photographer Willsberger presents more than just a collection of pretty faces. Even his earliest samples, dating from the 15th century, are marvels of mathematical complexity. One clock by Abraham Louis Bréguet (circa 1810) not only gave the time; it also recorded the lunar date, the earthly day, date, month and year-and the temperature...
...road to compromise was filled with political pitfalls. The first meeting of Ford with Carey and Mayor Abraham Beame last May was more confrontation than give-and-take. They came on so strong - warning of dire consequences unless New York 'got federal aid, claiming that the city could do no more to help itself - that they turned the President off. Both sides began to mobilize public opinion to pressure the other. The President made stern public appeals for frugality and forebearance; New Yorkers argued that a default would have a domino effect around the nation and even abroad...
...formula that gets full support from Federated headquarters. Federated is an amalgam of 19 store chains, including, besides Bloomingdale's, Filene's in Boston, I. Magnin & Co. in San Francisco, Bullock's in Los Angeles, Foley's in Houston, Burdine's in Miami and Abraham & Straus in Brooklyn; Federated had total sales of $3.3 billion in the fiscal year ending last January. Like any company of that size, Federated has an organization chart?only its chart has been turned upside down. In the box at the top where any other company would put the chairman, Federated's chart shows...