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...Rothschilds rose in their astonishing trajectory in the first half of the 19th century--inventing the international bond market, financing Europe's nations through wars and revolutions and the construction of their railway systems, growing to become the largest bank in the world (a dominance maintained until 1914)--they functioned as a free-lance supranational force. They passed along diplomatic intelligence for Metternich, for example, through their own communications network...
...shipping firm Elder Dempster. As Morel watches the sailors unload case after case of rubber and ivory from the incoming ships, he suddenly notices that the numbers don't match up. In these brief moments, standing on the dock in Antwerp, Morel finds himself amidst one of the largest slave-operations of this century...
...these men have always been old, but one cannot tell which man is the oldest. Each generation, now with the knowledge of the atrocities of the Holocaust, will continue to age with experience and the memory of an inexplicably violent set of moments in history. The largest image of the old man towers behind other generations, filling the background of the canvas. Yet he is separated from each new generation by a fence or brick wall. He could be the generation of revelation, greater in size, wiser through time...
...captain Joe Ciollo said that the men's team is not only the largest one of his career but also the one with the best chance of winning...
Harvard's changes may put it back on track withits peers, but the size of the University'sendowment-the largest in higher education-willactually give a higher dollar output than itspeers.-David A. Fahrenthold contributed to the reportingof this story...