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...library is actually owned by 1,049 proprietors, or shareholders. Many of them have inherited then-holdings as valued heirlooms since the last share was sold by the library in the late 1850s. (Daniel Webster, the eloquent Senator from Massachusetts, was shareholder 296; his plaster bust stares out over a young librarian using a computer.) Most shareholders contribute at least $50 a year to the upkeep of the institution, as do "life members" of the library, who achieve their status by applying with references and paying $500. Both proprietors and life members are allotted four tickets a year for "guests...
BOULDER, Colo.--Students at the University of Colorado recently installed a bust of Alferd E. Packer, recognized as America's only convicted cannibal, in the corridor of a dininghall grill...
...student, John J. Veronis this week said, the bust "is great; it adds a lot of character to the atmosphere." He added that the bust was well located, "because it subconsciously picks up your appetite...
Charles De Lorean, 56, an Ohio Cadillac dealer who invested $100,000 in his older brother's company, believes that John was "set up" for the drug bust. "It's totally against his ethical and moral character," says Charles. But even more, it seems, the younger De Lorean thinks John is too canny to blunder so badly. "He's not dumb enough to put himself into a situation like that...
Bankers contend that they are now in better shape than they were in the aftermath of the 1973-75 recession. That downturn cost the banks $10 billion in losses on loans to speculative real estate ventures that went bust. This time around, the banks were more cautious about land deals. Says Willard Butcher, chairman of Chase Manhattan: "We mightn't be the brightest guys in town, but we aren't dumb enough to do it twice...