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...York lawyer has said he will advise Birrell to come home and fight the case. But convicting him will be no easy task because of the intricacy of his maneuvers. Said John Devaney, chief of the New York SEC's fraud division: "Birrell's strategy is well-nigh infallible...
...closed on Mondays because the city had withdrawn $35,000 a year from its contribution to the museum's maintenance and operation costs. From Tuesday through Sunday this week, the Met proudly displayed its latest major acquisition, proving that it suffers no lack of purchase funds. The well-nigh priceless St. John's Vision (see color), by El Greco, was bought from the estate of Spanish Painter-Collector Ignacio Zuloaga. And although Director James Rorimer kept the price to himself, he called the canvas one of the 20 most important purchases in the Metropolitan's history...
...realiably reported that Joseph Alsop, even as a freshman at Harvard, used to hold sessions in which upperclassmen would come to hear him pontificate. He has been at it so long now that his message has grown stale from overuse and over-stylization. It is well-nigh impossible to give this prophet and his brother the respect which--despite their book--is certainly their...
...walked or talked, or some others that would pleasure them, like the one about a king's daughter that was a sight how pretty. This might well be the last chance, too, for as one old granddaddy after tother told Schoolma'am Campbell: "Tale-telling is nigh about faded out in the mountain country...
...such, Titan presages the day when all long-range missiles will lurk beneath the earth, invisible and well-nigh invulnerable to enemy attack. The sunken silo at Vandenberg is only one part of a subterranean complex under construction as Titan's first "hard base." Adjoining the missile tank are other sunken cylinders (see diagram), housing air-conditioning and hydraulic equipment, a power station, liquid oxygen and fuel tanks, and a command control center for the launch crew. Tunnels connect the widely dispersed elements, but after the alert, only the control center will be occupied. Remotely controlled, the monster, fueled...