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...first time since he has been driving A.C.'s Viking, Russell reluctantly went to his whip, and the tired horse responded instantly with a burst of speed that was just enough to carry him across the line a neck in front of a rank outsider named Isaac...
...Every second day another new supermarket opens in Britain, and the average will soon be bettered. Reason: Britain's greatest merchant prince, Sir Isaac Wolfson, 64, has entered the field by merging William Cussons Co. into his Great Universal Stores Ltd. and plans to expand Cussons' present chain of 60 stores to at least 200 supermarkets. The son of poor Polish Jewish immigrants, Sir Isaac (he was made a baronet earlier this year for his large gifts to charity) started work in his father's Glasgow cabinetmaking shop, later set up his own furniture store in London...
...companies. But his usual method of financing is to form "development partnerships" with outfits that have land or funds to invest (among them: Unilever, Imperial Tobacco, Oxford's Brasenose College). The partner supplies most of the capital, Cotton the knowledge. Last year he formed such a partnership with Isaac Wolfson's Great Universal Stores to rebuild many of the chain's 2,000 branches. He is now negotiating similar partnerships with Philips Electrical and Cunard...
...Slave, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The author, writing with a skill that frequently gives his tale the force of legend, recasts the Biblical story of Jacob and Rachel in war-ravaged 17th century Poland...
...Slave, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The author, writing with a skill that frequently gives his tale the force of legend, recasts the Biblical story of Jacob and Rachel in war-ravaged 17th century Poland...