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...writers were as different as Scotch and Burgundy. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a gentleman genius who practically invented the historical novel, and wrote out of rich learning in Scotland's romantic past; Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a brilliant upstart who wrote with "the overflow of a gush of personality," and used the help of educated men to do the research for many of his best stories. Scott was lamed by a child hood attack of polio and was ill for much of his life; Dumas was in overpowering good health and spirits all his days...
Jackson, the well-known pugilist." But when Hours was pooh-poohed by the Edinburgh Review, his lordship flew into an ungentlemanly frenzy, swore "to punish them for it." He did so, in the satirical poem English Bards and Scotch Reviewers -the first intimation to Britons that there had risen among them a satirist with a skinning knife sharper than any since Alexander Pope...
...storm caught the Vice President, a fairly temperate man himself (he drinks an occasional martini or Scotch highball, loathes champagne, and had only five drinks during his arduous electioneering in the fall), by surprise. King, he assured the temperance groups in a form letter, was a World War II Communist fighter, a former FBI agent and a man of distinction. He had resigned from Southern Comfort, moreover, and had never had any financial interest in the company...
Luring the Dollars. Scotch whisky has long been the chief dollar-earner for Britain (though now rivaled by English automobiles). Scottish woolens, cardigans and tweeds are thriving. The little cashmere-sweater town of Hawick, with a working population of only 3,500, earned some $10 million in foreign currency last year -almost $3,000 per worker. To keep the dollars rolling in, the Scottish Council makes continuing surveys of foreign markets, puts out a monthly magazine listing export opportunities, and peppers Scottish exporters with useful tips, such as: "The president of the Canadian Association of Purchasing Agents is a Scot...
From Rocks to Scotch. 3M's many handed business was born with a single discovery during World War 1: a new kind of sandpaper that flexed without cracking or shedding the abrasive. It was followed by a waterproof "Wetordry" sandpaper that was an instant success in the auto industry; for the first time carmakers could wet surfaces to be sanded or polished, thus eliminating heat and dust. In 1930, 3M brought out Scotch tape, and started a new industry. The tape replaced pins, string and glue, was put to work mending, sealing packages, insulating wires, masking paint jobs. Today...