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1920–1993 United States
John Brooks (December 5, 1920 – July 27, 1993) was an American journalist specialized on business topics, his articles were usually published by the New Yorker.
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All the evidence suggests that communication between people by whatever means, far from simply accomplishing its purpose, simply creates the need for more.
I found that business life is full of creative original minds -along with the usual number of second-guessers, of course.
A man´s study reflects himself as he wishes to be seen publicly, but his journal, if he is honest, reflects something else.
In the law of torts there is the maxim: Every dog has one free bite.
On Thursday, March 14th, panic was added to chaos. London gold dealers, in describing the day´s action, used the un-British words "stampede", "catastrophe", and "nightmare".
The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a document longer than "War and Peace", is phrased -inevitably, perhaps- in the sort of jargon that stuns the mind and disheartens the spirit.
I find that companies are inclined to be at their most interesting when they are undergoing a little misfortune, and therefore I chose the fall of 1966 as the time to have a look at Xerox.
Basel has several first-rate restaurants, and it may be that in the view of the central-bank delegates this advantage outweighs the travel inconvenience, for central banking -or at least European central banking- has a firmly established association with good living.
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