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...Brad Stone, ‘The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon’ (2013) Favourite: Titan: The Life of John D Rockefeller Sr, by Ron Chernow....
...Bush Sr was defeated by Bill Clinton; Thomas Jefferson ejected Adams; Ronald Reagan trounced Carter; and JFK, who was murdered after barely 1,000 days in office, was followed by his vice-president, Lyndon...
...You’d need 50, maybe 100, and you’d need a thousand square kilometres in which to put them.”...
...Raghuram Rajan, winner in 2010 for Fault Lines, and shortlisted in 2019 for The Third Pillar, suggested Titan: The Life of John D....
...President Franklin D Roosevelt recruited Frances Perkins, the longest serving labour secretary in US history, to rescue workers....
...The so-called “H-D Revelation” electric power-train offers a catapult-like 0-60mph time of three seconds, with regenerative braking helping to top up the batteries for a range of 95-146 miles....
...Heaven and Hell of a less chemical nature are surveyed by Bart D Ehrman in his history of notions of the afterlife (Oneworld RRP£20/Simon & Schuster RRP$28, April)....
...Thomas Edison, a prolific inventor whose company grew into General Electric, clearly belonged on the list. Others followed. John D Rockefeller was a central figure in the creation of the oil business....
...This article has been amended to carry the correct picture of John D Rockefeller Sr. A previous version displayed a picture of John D Rockefeller Jr....
...“Canada has lost a giant and a great patriot,” Thomas d’Aquino, who served as President of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives from 1981 to 2009, said....
...D’Alesandro Jr, was a congressman and, later, mayor....
...Bell Sr....
...Our friend Sue Cobb has been appointed ambassador to Jamaica. I don't understand why I haven't heard a single thing.”...
...Both companies had been successfully positioned to dominate their industries by two great captains of industry….Thomas Watson Sr. in the case of IBM, and of course Alfred Sloan in the case of GM. 2....
...Thomas F....
...Author and journalist Thomas Frank’s bleak but delightful book about the conservative takeover in his home state - “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”...
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