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...acres of the lands are so high and rocky that they could never be farmed. They are not, however, wholly unproductive. As private parks they are heavily taxed, and when the hunting season is on thousands of sportsmen drop thousands of pounds into the coffers of thrifty Scottish tradesmen. To shoot Scottish deer (and grouse) huntsmen spend some $3,500,000 annually in Scotland...
When Chicago held its fair, the whole city was steamed up-not only the concessionaires and tradesmen, direct beneficiaries, but citizens whose enthusiasm was born of civic pride. The anomaly of the New York fair is that most New Yorkers have been genuinely bored with it. For the cosmopolitan conglomeration that is New York City has less civic interest, is less given to boosterism, than any place in the country. The sole reason New York has a fair, let alone the biggest in history, is that a small, hardheaded group high-pressured the city, the nation and most of Europe...
...Einstein was ambling down Princeton's Nassau Street one day, waving amiably to tradesmen who gawped at him from doorways, when a Greek restaurateur timidly accosted him, asked him what lay outside the bounds of the known universe. The professor grinned, said: "Ja, do not worry; you don't go out there...
...right to display the royal arms of the United Kingdom over the words "By Appointment to His Majesty" is granted to a select few tradesmen who must have served the King or Queen for three years before applying for the privilege. Since George VI has been King for only two years, his warrants are still rare. He has granted them to 34 and Queen Elizabeth to 31 personal suppliers who served them before they reached the throne. George V issued about 1,000 (he had nine bakers, twelve grocers, eleven chemists).* Altogether, including those granted by Edward VIII, there...
Between 80 and 90 men, exclusive of surveyors, carpenters and special tradesmen, have been working on the excavation. Under favorable circumstances, the building should be finished by the end of this calendar year, thus allowing for the proposed opening of the School in February...