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...father and came up with the idea to seek business in the hinterlands. "There were a whole lot of farmers, storekeepers and small- town professionals out there that brokers weren't calling on," recalls Ted Jones, 61, now the firm's senior partner. In 1955, Jones opened its first branch office over the Woolworth's in Mexico, Mo. After growing slowly at first, the company has almost exploded in recent years. A decade ago Jones had revenues of only $12 million. Last year the firm made a profit of $34 million on revenues of $240 million...
...existence actually ended in divorce that year. "If you take in marriages that occurred 30 and 40 years ago and combine them with recent marriages, it certainly wouldn't turn out to be 50%," agrees Arlene Saluter, a statistician in the Census Bureau's marriage and family statistics branch...
Stanford, one of the acknowledged leaders in international education, sends a third of its graduates to study in branch universities worldwide. Stanford is in the process of building a seventh major center in Poland, the deputyadministrator of the overseas program, Nancy J.Patgett said yesterday...
...recent years, Stanford has been one of thefirst universities to initiate a "two-tiered"teaching setting at their Italian branch, Patgettsaid
...branch of the K-School, the IOP bringsfellows to the School and sponsors events andstudy groups which bring politicians, media, andgovernment officials together with students andfaculty. An organization of undergraduates advisesthe IOP and helps plan events and study groups...