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Kabbalah Centre in Manhattan.

Subjected to many programmes of piecemeal excavation over the last two centuries – a sort of death by a thousand cuts – Castor has nevertheless produced evidence of a huge complex, far grander than a mere villa. Its status as a possible administrative centre for imperial estates in the Fens, perhaps as a successor to the imposing establishment at S

The ban, though, did little to prevent Jewish acquisition of land in Palestine. “The central authorities were ambivalent and inconstant in their attitudes to land acquisition by foreigners, the formulation of the laws and regulations were unclear and open to different interpretations, and corruption and openness to bribery was widespread at all lev

Next, he required each bidder to submit prices based on material, labor, and other overhead, and even the amount of profit. Under such a system there was no question about costs being kept down, and the savings were tremendous. Instead of being resented, Diehl was very much respected by suppliers, for although their prices were kept in line they we

For businesses without Warren Buffett’s “moat” protecting them, a new model existed: “capital as a moat.” Can’t beat them? Drown them in cash.

To a volatile world of competing cities, Prince Henry the Lion offers a particularly salient message. He expanded his realm by widely disseminating free copies of his rules for ordering a diverse city. The best ideas for city planning and governance won, providing the tempering system that gave rise to a powerful network.

The organization of the St. Louis Bridge project offers a fine example of Carnegie’s methods. Railroad bridges were entrepreneurial ventures, usually financed by bond sales, which were repaid from railroad leases. The St. Louis Bridge Co.—primary owner Andrew Carnegie, silent partners Tom Scott and J. Edgar Thomson—clinched the St. Louis contract i