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Bishop Manning also had his monument : upper Manhattan's soaring, French-Gothic Cathedral of St. John the Divine-second largest church in the world (the largest: Rome's St. Peter's). By indefatigably begging funds from Protestants of all denominations, as well as from Catholics and Jews, he managed to raise some $15 million for the ninth-of-a-mile-long cathedral, now nearly completed...
...general charities drives conducted later in the year in the College and Law School will aid the Community Fund. The largest student gift so far is the $1,000 given by members of the Business School. GSAS students have contributed over...
...working with many of the largest corporations in the world, I imagined that I knew everything there was to know about condensed intelligence and lucidity. Your people add to my respect for the high level of professional integrity and skill in this country RAYMOND LOEWY New York City
From a balcony of the Presidential Palace the President smiled down on the "spontaneous" marchers. His bill to float the largest foreign loan in Cuba's history had already sailed through the Senate with a 37-9 majority, and needed only House approval, which would probably be voted this week...
...railroads to dieselize, it was finally retiring steam locomotives at a fast clip and stepping up its purchase of diesel-electric equipment. Last week it took its biggest step yet: it ordered 226 locomotives, costing some $38 million, from six manufacturers.* The new order will give Pennsy the largest number of diesel locomotives (820) of any U.S. railroad...