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Mountolive, by Lawrence Durrell. An exciting writer adds the spoke of politics to a projected tetralogical cycle (others: Justine, Balthazar) that wheels around the magnetic hub of Alexandria...
Last week the London County Council approved a radical plan for the reconstruction of Piccadilly Circus, the proud "hub of the universe." The hub has become a traffic block. To solve this problem, the circus (or circle) will be made into a rectangle, and the Edwardian buildings now surrounding it will be replaced by boxlike modern structures on which advertising signs will be part of the design, instead of being grafted on, as at present. The famed center statue of Eros, god of love, which makes the traffic go round, will still be there but no longer the center...
...from the rest of the herd, they eat, sleep, and play apart. What is worse, a cult of adoration has built up around the great hockey star or the speedy halfback. Boston newspapers follow their every move, urchins scuffle for their signatures outside the gates of Dillon, and sultry Hub temptresses sigh with desire at their Olympian exploits...
...made head of the northeast office in 1928, moved past 16 men to become Pacific Coast manager in 1930, soon chose to transfer to G.E.'s new merchandising department in Bridgeport, Conn, to "get closer to the hub of the corporate wheel." He hiked sales in the electric heating division 60% in four years, became assistant to Bridgeport Boss Charles E. Wilson. When "Electric Charlie" Wilson moved up to become executive vice president of G.E., Ralph Cordiner stepped into his shoes at Bridgeport. He was only...
...Helena, Mont., when police picked up a 15-year-old boy for auto theft, the lad said: "I'm not a juvenile delinquent. I don't take hub caps and that kind of stuff. I just steal cars...