Word: esotericism
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In all, it markets 40 product groups, from Rose's Lime Juice, lemon barley squash and phosferine tonic wine to jelly, jams, canned foods and Christmas pudding. But tonic is the mainstay, and Sir Frederick Hooper, a onetime botany student who became the firm's managing director in...
One commodity market that is in better shape than ever is the esoteric and specialized worldwide market in postage stamps. In Manhattan last week, the costliest stamp in history was auctioned for $41,000 by Bernard Harmer, U.S. partner of London's H. R. Harmer Ltd., the world'...
After Marilyn Monroe's death, it might have been expected that a vast cult would develop, necrophilic and worshipful, similar to the one that lengthened the notoriety of James Dean. But the cult of Marilyn has turned out to be more esoteric. Her memory is tended by the somewhat...
There should be nothing esoteric in what one means by a General Education course. It seems to me that any such course has two major characteristics: (1) It is complete within itself, so far as it goes, rather than designed primarily as preparation for further courses in the subject. (2...
He has not had cause to regret it. At 39, he now heads a company that has captured 70% of the world market in the esoteric field of antenna testing equipment, last year raised its sales 38% to $3,100,000 and profits to $181,000. Scientific-Atlanta recently moved...