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Knowing More. This kind of scholarship and expertise is essential to a private dealer's success. "About nine years ago I was walking down Portobello Road in London when I saw a Venetian bronze in a stall," said Michael Hall, 44, a specialist in Renaissance sculpture. "I recognized it as an important piece and I bought it for a few pounds, but afterward I felt guilty because the dealer wasn't too well off and didn't know what he had. I can't tell you who the sculptor was just now, but last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: By Appointment Only | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

...wages and other operating costs ran to $10,191. To pare such losses, the Penn Central two months ago petitioned the ICC to end all passenger service west of Buffalo, N.Y., and Harrisburg, Pa. Indignant protests from localities, rail buffs and organized passenger groups are likely to stall the commission's decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Uncle, Can You Spare Some Millions? | 6/22/1970 | See Source »

...Aaab, were you sleepin'?" Irving whispered to a horse in the stall in front of me. "Well, if you're all right now, we'll turn you out." He opened the stall and inside were a horse and a goat...

Author: By Paul G. Kleinman, | Title: 'He's Gonna Win for Me, Ya Know?' | 4/23/1970 | See Source »

...goat keeps the horse company,' he explained. "This horse used to pace round and round in his stall. The goat quiets him down. A racehorse is kinda like a woman, ya know. He's temperamental, he's aggressive, and sometimes he's a dog and he makes you hate him. And sometimes you love...

Author: By Paul G. Kleinman, | Title: 'He's Gonna Win for Me, Ya Know?' | 4/23/1970 | See Source »

...Nixon Administration's plan to stop inflation by deliberately stalling the economy is chipping away at the jobs of Middle America. As yet, the stall has produced no real relief from rising prices. Unemployment figures for March, released last week, showed the jobless rate up two-tenths of 1%, to 4.4%, highest since 1965. Altogether, 3,700,000 Americans were out of work -1,000,000 more than a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economy: Brother, Can You Spare a Job? | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

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