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The Grumman Goose, made for the rich, still flies
In remote areas of the Pacific Northwest, from the San Juan Islands through coastal British Columbia to Alaska, a piece of Long Island's aviation history is still flying, still delivering fishermen to floating lodges, still ferrying loggers to far away...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Consumer Electronics Industry, Long Island, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Armed Forces
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Chateau des Thons in Old Brookville for sale
A s the story goes, in 1927 financier Ashbel Barney was so taken with a 17th century chateau in the French village of Les Petits Thons that he paid a princely sum to have a wing of the castle dismantled, shipped to the United States and reassembled on...Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Long Island, Ralph Lauren, Linda Brown
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Previous strategies
Since taking over Marshall Field's, Macy's has made several attempts to win over disenchanted shoppers. Strategies have included: •Telling them nothing has changed but the name •Keeping the Walnut Room and Great Tree traditions, and tying...Tags: Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Martha Stewart, Dining and Drinking, Macy's
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Macy's shifts focus to store 'localization'
Tribune reporterAs Macy's heads into its third Christmas in Chicago facing a brutal shopping environment, it is starting to bring back a small part of the old Marshall Field's. While the Field's name is packed away and many of the long-time sales associates are gone,...Tags: Donald Trump, Columbus, Ohio, Economic Indicator, Michigan
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On the street where we've lived
Flashback 1958 . . By Nancy Watkins . . "The crowd makes the ballgame." —Ty Cobb . Nov. 13: A reported 250,000 people jam State Street as its new lighting system is turned on. . . We moan about the crowds and the parking and the...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Ty Cobb, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Macy's
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Resources
. . Living his life on stages Pg. 22-23: Sofa—Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams at Jayson Home & Garden, covered in mohair velvet at Rogers & Goffigon, Merchandise Mart, Chicago; "Calm" coffee table by Kathy Taslitz—Kathy Taslitz Studio,...Tags: Westchester (Los Angeles, California), Merchandise Mart, Westchester (Cook, Illinois), Interior Design, Sculpture
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Driven by soaring dreams
Chicago Tribune reporterIn the Chicago probate court proceedings that declared Steve Fossett legally dead last February, it was revealed that his estate was "vast, surpassing eight figures in liquid assets, various entities and real estate." As a celebrity adventurer, Fossett...Tags: Athletics, Track and Field, Steve Fossett, California, International Business Machines Corporation, Water Tower Place
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An old pro's game plan for buyers
Chicago Tribune reporterRalph Smykal has never seen the nation's housing market as bad off as it is right now, and that's saying a lot for an octogenarian whose family-owned company has weathered recession, the Depression and two World Wars. Despite his take on the market, he...Tags: Joliet, Family, Naperville
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Hindery, Klaff bids in Cubs contest
Chicago Tribune reportersMedia investor Leo Hindery Jr. and Chicago real estate executive Hersch Klaff are the final two would-be buyers for the Chicago Cubs to be identified and confirmed by sources as among the five Tribune Co. has invited into the second round of bidding for...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Chicago Real Estate, Major League Baseball, Ameritrade Holding Corporation, Television Industry
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A Place Dear To Your Heart
Insure your A-list guest status this summer by bringing your host or hostess a set of these nifty, nostalgic drinking glasses. The frosty tumblers, available in nearly 100 state, city, country and regional designs, feature colorful sketches of each area's...Tags: Mark Twain, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, Macy's
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Who's payin?
Chicago TribuneThe long-simmering auction for the Cubs has finally reached the middle innings. The process is down to five finalists and one dark horse candidate. In addition to Mark Cuban, who are the rich guys lined up to throw $1 billion or more at current Cubs owner...Tags: Global Crossing Limited, Family, Ameritrade Holding Corporation, Richard Nixon, Elections
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Growing up Rodham
Washington PostBack then, chicken a la cheese won recipe contests, and an Amana Free-o-Frost was the answer to every woman's problems. Hugh Rodham woke up each morning in his thick-walled suburban dream home in Park Ridge, Ill., bellowing the songs of Mitch Miller and...Tags: James Dean, Reinhold Niebuhr, Pat Boone, Dwight David Eisenhower, Family
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