Word: res
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the point of view of structure, the play is remarkable. It is tight and economical. At the outset, we are plunged in medias res; and there are no scenes of comic relief. Everything bears directly on the main thread of the plot -- the interaction of the destinies of King Richard himself and of Bolingbroke who becomes Henry IV. We see Richard high on one end of a seesaw, and Bolingbroke on the other. And we sit mesmerized as we witness the inexorable and almost ritualistic shifts of the fulcrum from the force of incident or public opinion, until Bolingbroke...
...served on De Gaulle's civilian staff after World War II, aided the general in producing his Memoirs, and has long been a close personal friend. A tall, hefty intellectual with bristling eyebrows and a heavy-featured face, Pompidou joined the investment bank of Rothschild Frères in 1954, swiftly rose to general director. Stolid where Debré was emotional, inclined to make broad judgments where Debré worried over details. Pompidou has been described as having "the same view of France and the same view of De Gaulle's destiny as De Gaulle himself." His appointment...
Even in Los Angeles-the city of gala premières for everything from Hollywood spectaculars to hamburger stands-the "grand opening'' last week of the U.S.'s first big Japanese-owned department store created quite a splash. Within 15 minutes after Seibu of Los Angeles unlocked its door, 5,000 shoppers were inside, women were fainting, policemen had to bar all entrances to slow down the rush and traffic was backed up for four blocks along Wilshire Boulevard. By day's end Seibu's clerks had been buffeted by 40,000 Angelenos, who bought...
underground. Becoming one of les frères, the brothers, as fighting members of the F.L.N. call themselves, Benkhedda served as editor of El Moudjahid, the official F.L.N. organ that then appeared monthly in French and Arabic, and was a delegate to the famed 1956 conference of 250 F.L.N. leaders held in Soummam Valley under the nose of the French army. Here Denkhedda was elected to both the F.L.N...
Last week's SEC report argued that the Res were not an isolated example. Also cited were Gilligan, Will & Co., who are either the specialists, or finance the specialists, in 13% of the 1,000 stocks the Amex trades. It was characteristic, said SEC, that before a stock in which the firm of Gilligan, Will was to specialize was listed on the exchange, Gilligan, Will would acquire a block at below-market price, then profit after trading started...