Word: merchant
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David Parish's business could be described in ways that make him sound like a merchant of death. His company, Omnitech Robotics, makes equipment for tanks and other military vehicles. It has been used successfully on Bosnian battlefields, and lately Parish has been prowling arms bazaars in Thailand and the United Arab Emirates to woo foreign customers...
Although French, Degas had a substantial chunk of family in Louisiana. Ripe for a change of scenery, Degas eagerly agreed to accompany his brother Rene, newly established as a New Orleans cotton merchant, back to the New World in 1872. A transatlantic passage and a snaky voyage through the eastern United States dropped the Degas brothers at the New Orleans train station, where Edgar Degas met his cousins, the Mussons, for the first time, Rene, who had married a Musson daughter, had warned the family to expect a "g-r-r-r-eat artist," but Degas was cousin first...
DIED. SIR ISAIAH BERLIN, 88, British historian-philosopher of awesome erudition; in Oxford, England. The son of a Jewish timber merchant, Berlin became one of Oxford University's most eminent thinkers. His essays still dazzle, whether ruminating on determinism in Historical Inevitability, updating Mill in Two Concepts of Liberty or exploring Tolstoy's conflicted nature in The Hedgehog and the Fox. (See eulogy, below...
Ladies and gentlemen, the friendly exchange between the Chinese and American peoples dates back [...] more than two hundred years [...]. Back in 1784, [the] American merchant ship the "Empress of China" came a long way to China. In 1847, Chinese student Rong Hong [with others] came to the United States as the first group of Chinese students to study here. Many Chinese contributed to the nation-building of the United States, while a lot of American friends helped and supported the national liberation cause of the Chinese people. We will never forget their contribution, which has touched us deeply...
While several of Saturday's performers--such as Sister Hazel--were the one-hit-wonders that fueled much of the summer radio season, the early evening offered 10,000 Maniacs and The Monkees. Even without Natalie Merchant, the 10,000 Maniacs are still a pleasure to see. New lead singer Mary Ramsey, who sounded almost too much like Merchant at first, proved that she is beginning to establish herself in the band. The crowd, however, was most pleased by older Merchant hits like "Because the Night," and "These are the Days...