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Out they come from the shadows cast by the Berlin Wall and the skyscrapers of the postwar "economic miracle," the dissidents and mystagogues of what came to be known as heftige Malerei (violent painting), the political artists, the conceptualists with chips on their shoulders. Some were raised in the divided...
BY DESIGNING Skyscrapers with a revolutionary new "vertical" alignment to replace the old horizontal models, architects have eliminated the need for workers to roll around on their sides or secure their papers messily to their horizontal desks. Yet with these great advances came the most heinous impediment to human happiness...
Some American business managers are pleased with the investment boom. Mike McCormack, a leading commercial-property broker in Honolulu, credits Japanese investments with pulling Hawaii out of a long real estate slump. Since Japanese real estate investors tend to buy for the long haul, many industry experts believe they will...
Once unknown in the U.S., Campeau is the latest in a long line of Canadians who are streaming across the border with bundles of cash and a sharp eye for lucrative opportunities. The invaders range from hit-and-run investors mainly interested in fast profits to empire builders who have...
THE REICHMANNS. Robert Campeau is little more than middle class when compared with the Reichmann family of Toronto. As reclusive as they are shrewd, the three Reichmann brothers -- Albert, 56, Paul, 54, and Ralph, 52 -- have quietly built a dominion estimated to be worth $18 billion since they fled Austria...