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...mortar was spread on one of the foundation stones, which were all of Aquia sandstone quarried in Virginia; then a polished-brass plate with the names of the dignitaries and the date was pressed into the mortar and the cornerstone lowered in place...
...site led by the Freemasons, who were followed by the federal district commissioners, and behind them came "gentlemen of the town and neighborhood" (as described in a Charleston, S.C., newspaper that provided the only written record of the event). There was a moving oration by the grand master; wet mortar was spread on a foundation block; a polished brass plate with the names of the dignitaries and the date was pressed into the mortar and the cornerstone lowered onto the plate. The assembly no doubt cheered and then marched back to the Fountain Inn for a sumptuous dinner, which included...
Nonsense, says Bezos, who chides Suria for treating the company like a bricks-and-mortar retailer rather than a virtual store with a handful of distribution centers and minimal inventory costs. After Amazon's second-quarter results were released, Bezos claims, Suria tacitly admitted his mistake. "He sent us an e-mail starting out, 'Wow...you guys are really tightening your belts,'" says Bezos. "I printed it and had it framed...
JAMES V. KIMSEY, 61 It may be the best office in Washington: a corner suite one block from the White House, with a sweeping view of the Washington Monument. It's only fitting that the office of Oliver Carr, the city's premier bricks-and-mortar developer for the past 40 years, now belongs to James V. Kimsey, co-founder of America Online and the guy who brought the new economy to Washington's doorstep by keeping AOL in his hometown. He entered the high-tech world in the early '80s when he became chief executive of Control Video Corp...
...Percentage of bricks-and-mortar CEOs who said they would do the same...