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...center of the turmoil was Guinness PLC, brewer of Ireland's national beer and one of Britain's oldest (founded in 1759) and most respected firms. Following an announcement that the department of trade was examining unspecified "circumstances suggesting misconduct" connected with the company, Guinness share prices dropped precipitously. A record 19 million shares changed hands on Monday alone, at one point wiping nearly $500 million off the company's market value. By Friday the stock closed at $4.13 a share, off more than 12% for the week...
...look at the other. At a service for Armed Forces Day two months ago, the two women sat on a dais with 14 chairs between them. "God forbid that they should talk and work through some issues," says Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, editor of the Bangladesh Observer, the country's oldest English-language paper...
...documents originally belonged to the New York City-based Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the country's oldest refugee resettlement agency. The organization transferred its archives (along with those inherited from agencies it merged or cooperated with) to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in stages from 1948 through...
Lacking provincial venues, English opera took root in the grand country house in the 1930s, and it has evolved into a ritual involving evening dress, a gourmet picnic and a sense of exclusivity. Glyndebourne is the oldest of the élite, followed by Garsington and, since 1998, Grange Park, which keeps up with the others on all counts - setting, performances, food and a dapper audience. While they all have priority booking for members, the public can obtain tickets months before the season starts - but be quick, since availability is limited...
Although Mahowald has ambitions beyond puzzles, he will still enjoy the festivities that come with his hobby. In March, hundreds of crossword junkies will gather in Stamford, Connecticut for the biggest and oldest crossword tournament in the nation: The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, which was started by Will Shortz thirty years ago. And Mahowald will be one of them...