Word: rebuilders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Digest thought that the Radulovic canvases "bear the marks of passion and power," and the Philadelphia Inquirer praised his ability to begin with a pictorial concept, break it up and rebuild it on his own lines. Better yet, four of the paintings in the show were sold at the opening, one for $300, and nobody seemed outraged at the $1,000 price tags on some of the pictures. Exulted Savo. now 42: "This means I'll never again have to be a private detective...
...choice and order of words in Jefferson's writings enabled [biographers] to rebuild and portray his pattern of thinking, but for contemporary public figures, similar analysis is practically impossible. If, on the basis of letters and speeches, a scholar should try to analyze Franklin
...shrine was like. Said Professor Pietro Romanelli, chief supervisor of ancient ruins in central Italy: "We have unearthed enough to show the broad outlines of the temple at a glance, and to give us so much precise knowledge of its layout that except for a few details we could rebuild it today as it was in its prime...
Early Birds. While "manufacturers who capitalized in years past upon the economic immaturity of the South profited handsomely," others are now finding the opportunities dwindling. Example: a textile machinery manufacturer who needed to rebuild his plants found that a 10% wage differential favored relocation in the South, but decided that in five years there would be no "substantial differential in wages." Average hourly production wage rates are actually higher in such Southern cities as Birmingham ($1.51) and Memphis ($1.44) than in Manchester, N.H. ($1.41) and Lancaster, Pa. ($1.43). As for state and local taxes, a University of North Carolina study...
...been eleven weeks since the great tornado ripped through the suburbs of Flint, Mich., killing 113, injuring 547, and destroying $12 million worth of property (TIME, June 22). The residents of Beecher Township, hardest hit by the storm, had been struggling to rebuild their homes. But only foundations and a few frames stood among the ugly scars of destruction. Then, in less than 48 hours last weekend, Beecher Township rose from the ruins...