Word: within
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Scribner's rare-book department had made him one of the U.S.'s most knowledgeable authorities-and fastest-moving speculators-in an intense, inbred field. The dealer was hired, and with the backing of Indiana's President Herman Wells (whom Randall was breezily calling "Herman" within three weeks after he arrived), he began busily buying books to flesh out the Lilly collection...
Editor Nycop hurried. Within 18 months the evening tabloid Expressen rocketed into the black, and it has since come to soothe Publisher Bonnier's nerves as the largest paper in all Scandinavia (circ. 370,000). Expressen is hale because it is hearty. Its formula: a smorgasbord of culture and sensationalism enlivened by flashy picture play and bellowing headlines. Last week, Expressen outdid itself, produced 600,000 copies of a 64-page issue, biggest in Scandinavian history...
...site of Mount Sinai at the confluence of contending religions was responsible for the fact that the monastery contains nearly all the icons which survive from before the 8th century. In 726, the Emperor Leo the Isaurian ordered all icons within the Byzantine realm destroyed to discourage idolatry. Only those at Mount Sinai escaped, since the monastery had fallen under Omayyad rule. The Moslems left the monastery in peace; in return, the monks allowed the Moslems to build a mosque within the monastery...
...successful is the firm that on the F X R issue, a string of blue-ribbon houses-Lee Higginson Corp., Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co., Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis-were glad to come in on the deal, eagerly spread the stock around to their best customers. Within a week F X R went from $12 to $20 a share...
Bender emphasized the need to consider problems brought about by the narrowed spread of abilities within a class...