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...wizard apprentices, sorcerers in their own right. Tenorman Wayne Shorter composed four tunes on the album, notably the tense and shadowy Prince of Darkness. Drummer Tony Williams contributes a mysterious ballad as well as his inspired, erratic drum effects. Bassist Ron Carter lays the undertone for Pianist Herbie Hancock's inimitable brush strokes of color, while Miles quavers the quintessential, kaleidoscopic themes...
...When I was elected the new city hall was to have been built on the site of the old Boston Post on Washington St.; the new Federal Building was to have been in Back Bay next to the Trinity Church on that block where the new John Hancock 60-story skyscraper will be and the State had some idea that they might want to build something, at sometime, somewhere. The first thing we did was to go to Washington and change the decisions which had already been made both in Boston and Washington. We brought about the concept...
...year ago, some 20 U.S. life-insurance companies were in the mutual-fund business. Today, the number exceeds 50. Last month Boston's John Hancock became the biggest insurance company to get into the act by announcing its own mutual fund. Last week Illinois-based Franklin Life Insurance Co. said it plans to acquire control of California's Channing Financial Corp., a holding company with properties in both mutual funds and insurance...
...Years. Such diversification, says John Hancock President Robert E. Slater, is a response to the fact that "the marketplace is saying it wants more equity investments." To get that equity, the public has shown a mounting interest not only in mutual funds but also in individually selected securities and even ordinary (but interest-yielding) savings accounts. As a result, life insurers have been drawing an ever smaller share of the average American's savings dollar - only...
...Francisco to Boston, apartment and commercial projects are growing to an unprecedented size and complexity for their areas. In congested downtown Chicago, a 100-story hive of offices, stores, apartments, restaurants and parking space is climbing toward completion next year. For a few years, the $95 million John Hancock Center will be the world's second-tallest (1,107 ft.) building, after Manhattan's Empire State Building (102 stories and 1,250 ft.). Last week beneath the street level of Lower Manhattan, workmen were pouring 3-ft.-thick concrete foundations for the future champ, the Port...