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...promise of Icelandic design even lured Israel-born Sruli Recht to open a store on the outskirts of Reykjavik in a neighborhood locals call the fishpacking district. Just two months old, the 135-sq-m boutique cum design studio sells wallets made out of discarded Nile perch skin and Minke whale - commercial whaling is both popular and legal here - and floor-length sweaters. "Everyone was looking at what happened here as a catastrophe, but I see it as an opportunity," says Recht as he toys with a mannequin wrapped in mounds of black knitted Icelandic wool. A gust of wind...
...Crimson. Facing the eventual tournament champion and heavy favorite, Harvard stole the first game and played the Eagles close throughout before falling, 3-1 (25-30, 30-20, 30-23, 30-24).American boasted a pair of 6’8 twins, Claire and Ann Recht, as well as 2006 Patriot League Player of the Year and tournament Most Valuable Player Rubena Sukaj, who went on to record 30 kills in the tournament final.“They are a very good team,” Mahon said. “We had a great match against them...
...Moscow last week Torgsin's smart Sklar scored yet another coup. The State Bank had been wondering what to do about Lawyer Charles Recht who recently arrived in Russia representing New York Life Insurance Co. Lawyer Recht had come about the 21,000 pre-War Russian policy holders to whom his company owes some $3,000,000. He wanted to pay the money at once in dollars...
This would never do, the State Bank told him. Hoarding of foreign money is a crime in Russia. The sums he wished to pay to individual policy holders would have constituted "hoards." At the State Bank perplexed Russians kept telling Mr. Recht to "come again tomorrow" until he grew sorely vexed...
Officials of the State Bank were delighted with Comrade Sklar's idea. Lawyer Recht saw it as his only chance to get rid of $3,000,000, agreed to the plan. Said...