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...hate this age," says Sculptor Reuben Nakian. "It's very cold here. So you have to train yourself to ignore it." For years, Nakian has been training exuberantly at his Stamford, Conn., studio by designing huge, flagrant evocations of Greek nymphs and goddesses (see color opposite). Modern U.S. sculpture in classical themes seems a bit like vodka martinis in Grecian urns. Yet Nakian's polylithic Ledas, Hecubas and Olympias are lusted after by some of the most adventurous contemporary curators and collectors in the country...
...credit-reporting service, whose 80,000 subscribers can get a rating on any of 3,000,000 firms. Dun & Bradstreet also publishes magazines, including Dun's Review, turns out Moody investors' manuals, is involved in plant-location studies through its recent acquisition of the Fantus Co. The Reuben H. Donnelley Corp., another subsidiary, puts out such bibles as telephone books and the Official Airline Guide. The parent company also operates a mutual fund, Moody's Fund, Inc., will open up a second this week known as Moody's Capital Fund. Altogether, Dun & Bradstreet's gross...
...Pressured Edges. "There may have been a time when the churches thought they could afford to consider evangelism as an optional, subsidiary activity," said the National Council's outgoing president, Bishop Reuben...
Under Master Reuben Brower (currently on sabbatical) and Acting Master G. Wallace Woodworth, Adams has gained a reputation as the laissez-faire House. Enforcement of regulations is low-key and relaxed, but any Freshman intoxicated with visions of going to breakfast, wearing a T-shirt, with his mistress on his arm, should drink a cup of strong coffee. The girl will be asked to return at 4 p.m. and Neil Harris will probably ask the student to wear a tie. But he'll call it a cravat, which makes everything all right...
Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals unanimously rebuffed Appellant O'Hair (who now lives in Mexico). But in speaking for Maryland's highest court, Judge Reuben Oppenheimer frankly conceded her basic point. "Economically," he said, religious organizations "are in the same position as though they paid taxes to the city and state and then received back the amounts paid in the form of direct grants." Moreover, "members of the general public pay higher taxes than they would if the exemptions were not in effect...