Word: lazard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PORTRAITS FROM NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LIFE by Edward S. Curtis. Introduction by A.D. Coleman and T.C. McLuhan. 176 pages. Outerbridge & Lazard. $25. When the first two volumes of Edward Sheriff Curtis' The North American Indian were published in 1907-8, the New York Herald called it "the most gigantic undertaking in the making of books since the King James edition of the Bible." Before he was through Curtis had completed 20 volumes of text bound with 1,500 small photographs and 20 unbound portfolios. The price was $3,000. At $25, this selection of about 10% of the Curtis...
...have moved into the wine business during the past few years. Food-processing companies are heeding the ancient Roman proverb, "A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine": Pillsbury Co., Nestlé and the R.T. French & Co. of mustard fame have recently become vineyard owners. So have Lazard Frères, the Wall Street investment-banking firm; John Hancock, the insurer; and Southdown Inc., the Houston-based conglomerate. Takeover-ripe wineries have become rare, and the bids for them are enormous. The Gallo brothers have spurned an offer from Seagrams of reportedly $150 to $200 million...