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Some of the best bargains are in luxury goods--antique furniture, for example. In a recent sale at the Phillips auction house in London, American dealers and collectors bid up the prices of fruitwood furniture one- third or more above the advance estimates. An 18th century walnut desk that went unsold at $1,875 last year brought $4,680; a Queen Anne walnut bureau expected to go for $16,800 reached $33,600. Such prices wiped out the savings that American buyers got from the strong dollar, but London prices for decorative furniture are still at least 20% lower than...
...68° F. The lower temperature slowed the baby's metabolism, allowing her other organs to better tolerate a reduced blood flow. One hour and 45 minutes into the operation, Bailey descended three floors to the basement, where the hospital maintains a colony of 29 primates. There, he removed the walnut-size heart of a seven-month-old female baboon, the animal that had proved to be the best match for Baby Fae, and placed the organ in a cold saline "slush." Elapsed time: 15 minutes...
...ministers, and they chose Nathaniel Eaton of Trinity College. Cambridge, and the University of Frankener in the Netherlands, as Harvard's first Master (President). But Eaton did not survive his second year, after he was indicted for assault for nearly bludgeoning his assistant to death with a walnut club. The board fired...
...National Park in Utah and beyond, 7 million recreational vehicles will be on the road. They range from small folding trailers that barely accommodate four people and cost about $2,500 to sumptuous 30-ft. motor coaches that comfortably sleep six or more and are laden with microwave ovens, walnut paneling and air conditioners, all for a neat...
...ministers, and they chose Nathaniel Eaton of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Frankener in the Netherlands, as Harvard's first Master President. But Eaton did not survive his second year after he was indicted for assault for nearly bludgeoning his assistant to death with a walnut club The board fired...