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...fragments of stained glass from ruined churches, buying works of art was his obsession. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, rare drawings, incunabula (literally, things from the cradle, or books printed before 1501), bookbindings, historical documents and letters-these poured into his vaults, sucked from Europe as by a vacuum cleaner by the limitless power of his funds. After 1906 the collection was housed in the Morgan Library, a Manhattan palazzo designed by McKim, Mead & White that is itself a masterpiece of American Renaissance Revival architecture. After Morgan died in 1913, the buying went on under the direction of Belle da Costa...
...Annie Bell Alford, 56, a part-time cleaner and maid...
...Summit is the home town of Running Back Willie Wilson, one of the East Coast's brightest high school football stars. The two football celebrities were only a part of a 40-man invasion force that, according to Wilson's coach Howie Anderson, lined up "like vacuum cleaner salesmen" to see Wilson...
...Policeman Sam McBride, who moonlights as owner of a gas station. McBride was accused by patrons of trying to dodge price controls by "giving away" gas: six gallons with a bar of soap that the customer had to buy for $6; three gallons with a container of all-purpose cleaner for $3; five gallons with purchase of a rabbit's foot and a printed form for a will, costing $10.50-equal to $2.10 a gallon...
...industries that are granted variances by the EPA must first submit a sworn affidavit from their fuel supplier stating that they have completely run out of the cleaner fuel...