Word: buying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scheme to sell reproductions of his collection [Dec. 18]. I work hard on my original pieces. Yet how can I compete with timeless entities such as Rodin or Modigliani? These "clone"' collectors don't want art-they want status symbols. Why don't they buy a Mercedes instead? At least they can drive that...
...fierce attack? Rockefeller made it clear he was offering copies and told at what price they were available. Nobody is deceived. If people think such copies are worth their price, they will buy them. If not, Rockefeller has made a good effort but a bad deal...
Often professors must buy expensive computer time from M I T, Dartmouth College, or Michigan University, James A. Davis, professor of Sociology, said yesterday. "I would rather be using Harvard facilities. It would be a lot cheaper," he added...
...rumored to be in the works, scripted by Aykroyd. If we are lucky, there will be more Blues Brothers albums to follow, perhaps (is this too much to hope for?) with the same superb band. Meanwhile, heed the words of John Belushi, a.k.a. Joliet Jake: "I suggest you buy as many blues albums...
...around. Though IBM has declared six other splits in the past 20 years, they have been too modest (on the order of 5 for 4 or 3 for 2) to bring the price out of the stratosphere. But next year small investors are expected to seize the opportunity to buy in at Depression-era prices. As an extra inducement, IBM last week boosted dividends by $2.24 to an annual rate of $13.76 on the present stock or $3.44 on post-split shares. That means IBM shares will pay about the same yield-roughly 5%-as a bank savings account...