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Re: Vascularized Fascial Patch for Repair of Suboccipital Dural Defect

Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department of Surgery American University of Beirut Medical Center C/O A.U.B. New York Office 850 Third Avenue, 18th Floor New York, NY 10022

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6780 W. Appleton Avenue; Milwaukee, Wiscosin 53216.In Reply:--Overlooking the New York Public Library and adjacent Bryant Park through the large picture window of his New York office for 43 yr, my father, Richard von Foregger, corresponded with manufacturers, surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, hospital superintendents, government officials throughout the world, and with Foregger salesmen on the road, Foregger dealers and representatives, equipment suppliers, and all the vendors necessary to keep a business thriving.Yes, I left many out of the biography; I could not mention everyone. Sorry!Richard Foregger, M.D.; 6780 W. Appleton Avenue; Milwaukee, Wiscosin 53216(Accepted for publication March 25, 1996.)

FAS 87/106 disclosure: What are companies doing?

Journal of Corporate Accounting & FinanceVolume 7, Issue 1 p. 77-80 Article FAS 87/106 disclosure: What are companies doing? Barbara S. Bald, Barbara S. Bald Barbara S. Bald, ASA, EA, is a partner in the Human Resources Advisory Group in Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.'s New York office. She was a lead actuary on and coauthored the 1989 research study sponsored by the Financial Executives Institute and the 1990 study sponsored by the Institute of Management Accountants. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer on retiree health and other benefits-related issues. The survey of actuarial assumptions discussed in this article was compiled by Marilyn Daitch of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.Search for more papers by this authorMurray S. Akresh, Murray S. Akresh Murray S. Akresh, CPA, is a director of the Human Resources Advisory Technical Services Unit in Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. 's New York office, where he specializes in benefits-related accounting issues. He was a coauthor of research studies on retiree health benefits conducted by the firm for the Financial Executives Institute, the Institute of Management Accountants and the National Association of College and University Business Officers, and is a frequent author and speaker on pension, retiree health and other accounting issues.Search for more papers by this author Barbara S. Bald, Barbara S. Bald Barbara S. Bald, ASA, EA, is a partner in the Human Resources Advisory Group in Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.'s New York office. She was a lead actuary on and coauthored the 1989 research study sponsored by the Financial Executives Institute and the 1990 study sponsored by the Institute of Management Accountants. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer on retiree health and other benefits-related issues. The survey of actuarial assumptions discussed in this article was compiled by Marilyn Daitch of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.Search for more papers by this authorMurray S. Akresh, Murray S. Akresh Murray S. Akresh, CPA, is a director of the Human Resources Advisory Technical Services Unit in Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. 's New York office, where he specializes in benefits-related accounting issues. He was a coauthor of research studies on retiree health benefits conducted by the firm for the Financial Executives Institute, the Institute of Management Accountants and the National Association of College and University Business Officers, and is a frequent author and speaker on pension, retiree health and other accounting issues.Search for more papers by this author First published: Autumn (Fall) 1995 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.3970070107 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume7, Issue1Autumn (Fall) 1995Pages 77-80 RelatedInformation

William J. Weichlein: An Appreciation

One of the Music Library Association's major crises was resolved when, in 1965, the Association's immediate past President, William J. Weichlein, became its Executive Secretary and moved the Business Office from New York City to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The New York Office, originally set up with a grant from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation in January of 1962, had been the source of great dissatisfaction to MLA officers: the staff was inefficient, tactless, and charged large amounts of overtime because of their medieval systems. During his term as President, Weichlein became convinced the office was a useless appendage to the Music Library Association and proposed moving it to Ann Arbor under the aegis of the School of Music of the University of Michigan.(1) The physical move was accomplished late in 1964. Working with part-time clerical assistance, Weichlein quickly systematized the files, billing, and correspondence; for the next sixteen years his office was the address for inquiries, membership issues, billing, sale of Association publications, etc. Who was Bill Weichlein? Originally a performer - a bassoonist - and then a musicologist. But overarching both interests was his concern, care, and nurture of the Music Library at the University of Michigan. think I considered myself more a librarian [than musicologist], somewhat to the consternation of others in the Music History Department on occasion.(2) Little wonder, perhaps, for Weichlein worked in his local library - Mayville, Illinois - from age 12. One of his duties was to ride around town on his bicycle to collect overdue books and fines! Weichlein was born on 9 May 1917 in Springfield, Missouri, the son of Lily Evans (Pick) and Frank Howard Weichlein, an Episcopal clergyman. Typical of the clergy, the family moved around the midwest during Weichlein's childhood; he graduated from Proviso High School in Mayville, Illinois - northeast of Chicago - and spent the next year in Chicago studying and performing. He was a member of the non-professional training orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Some instrumentalists from the Civic Orchestra subsequently became members of the CSO. In the fall of 1935 he was accepted by the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. After two academic years in Philadelphia Weichlein went back to Illinois - Sycamore - where his parents were living. During the next years he played in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the WGN radio station orchestra, the Chicago Opera Orchestra, and the orchestra of the Ballet Theatre conducted in the Chicago Opera House by Alexander Smallens.(3) He found it a very satisfying life. World War II interrupted his professional performance career. On 9 December 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army; he was sent to Texas to a tank destroyer battalion but became ill and was released on 20 February 1943. In August of 1943 he was drafted by the Army Air Forces and assigned to the 560th Army Air Forces Band stationed at the Greenville, North Carolina, Air Force Base. Eventually the Band was sent to India to entertain the troops. While there, Weichlein was principal bassoonist in the Calcutta Symphony Orchestra, Phillipe Sandre conductor.(4) Discharged in May of 1946, Weichlein decided to enter the University of Michigan under the provisions of the GI Bill. He was drawn to Michigan by the prewar activities of Thor Johnson, founder and conductor of the University of Michigan Little Symphony. The Symphony toured twice annually, playing more than five hundred concerts in some twenty-eight states over its seven year existence;(5) to Weichlein, the chance to perform as well as attend college was most attractive. Wayne Dunlap succeeded Johnson as conductor of both the Little Symphony and the University of Michigan Symphony; Weichlein was principal bassoonist in both organizations from 1946-50. A subsequent outlet for his performance skills was the Plymouth (Michigan) Symphony Orchestra, also conducted by Dunlap; Weichlein was principal bassoonist there from 1952-65. …

Liberty Censored: Black Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project

The living newspaper, a favorite genre of Hallie Flanagan, the Director of the Federal Theatre Project, was one of America's most ambitious theatrical efforts in the period between the world wars. Descended from the Soviet Red Army's Zhivaya Gazeta ('Alive' or 'Living Newspaper') and German and American agit-prop troupes (McDermott 83), the living newspaper used huge casts, spectacular sets, and film, vaudeville, and agit-prop techniques to depict contemporary political and social issues in theatrical terms. In the four years of the Federal Theatre's existence, from 1935 to 1939, living newspapers addressed issues as diverse and controversial as agricultural reform, labor relations, public ownership of utilities, housing problems, and public health. One issue, however, was pointedly not addressed publicly by the living newspaper was the status of African Americans. The Federal Theatre's fictional dramas often dealt with racial issues. J. A. Smith and Peter Morell's Turpentine (New York, 1936) exposed the wrongs of the Southern labor-camp system, while Theodore Browne's Natural Man (Seattle, 1937), about the legendary John Henry, showed African Americans being worked to death on labor gangs. Hughes Allison's courtroom drama The Trial of Dr. Beck (Newark, 1937) dealt with the implications of racial hatred and self-hatred. And Theodore Ward's Big White Fog (Chicago, 1938) depicted African American society as divided among belief in the American dream, the Marcus Garvey Back-to-Africa movement, and socialism. In fact, three living newspapers about African Americans were completed, and at least one more was proposed, but not a single one was produced. Were the authors too unknown? Was the quality of their work too low? Were their staging requirements too complex or expensive? Was there insufficient audience for them? Was there a problem with the living-newspaper form itself? And was there, officially or unofficially, consciously or unconsciously, some sort of racially based censorship? Elmer Rice, a Broadway director and the author of The Adding Machine (1923), Street Scene (1929), and other successful plays, proposed the first living newspaper about race relations. Rice, of Eastern European Jewish descent, was the first head of the New York office of the Federal Theatre, but he resigned in 1936 to protest the censorship by the government of the living newspaper Ethiopia, about Mussolini's invasion of country. Before his resignation, Rice proposed and wrote an outline for a living newspaper with contemporary American racial subject matter. He planned a show that would expose the common practice of lynching Negroes and also the plight of the sharecroppers (Abramson 65). The left-leaning director Joseph Losey also was probably involved in planning this play. The staff of the living newspaper office researched and put together a preliminary draft in twelve scenes: Called The South, it is clearly a work-in-progress. The play opens with Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation, and closes with Angelo Herndon, a Black labor organizer, calling on his comrades - and the audience - to join in the fight of all workers against the international capitalist conspiracy. In between, it covers such racially charged matters as the Scottsboro case, separate-and-unequal educational allotments, the flogging of integrationists, and the Senate's anti-lynching bill; largely unconnected matters such as constitutional challenges to the Tennessee Valley Authority are treated as well. The draft of The South has none of the earmarks of the best living newspapers, such as a narrator, a common-man character who acts as the audience's representative on stage, or scenes put current issues into focus through vaudeville-like techniques. Unlike other living newspapers, the script contains no footnotes or bibliography, despite the fact virtually every one of its scenes quotes prominent political figures. …

Former patients give mental health clients a boost

AT THE Bronx Psychiatric Center in New York, peer pressure isn't necessarily discouraged. In fact, patients treated for schizophrenia, substance abuse, and other mental health conditions posted better outcomes after participating in a demonstration program that incorporated former psychiatric patients, known as "peer specialists," as members of case management teams. "This turned out to be a more interesting and complex story than most of us originally anticipated," said David Shern, PhD, director of evaluation and services research at the State of New York Office of Mental Health in Albany. Shern's colleagues presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. <h3>Is Experience the Best Teacher?</h3> The program in New York is one in a growing number of studies attempting to gauge the impact of former patients working as adjuncts to mental health professionals, said Chip Felton, MSW, the study's principal data analyst and a research scientist

Former Patients Give Mental Health Clients a Boost

AT THE Bronx Psychiatric Center in New York, peer pressure isn't necessarily discouraged. In fact, patients treated for schizophrenia, substance abuse, and other mental health conditions posted better outcomes after participating in a demonstration program that incorporated former psychiatric patients, known as "peer specialists," as members of case management teams. "This turned out to be a more interesting and complex story than most of us originally anticipated," said David Shern, PhD, director of evaluation and services research at the State of New York Office of Mental Health in Albany. Shern's colleagues presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. <h3>Is Experience the Best Teacher?</h3> The program in New York is one in a growing number of studies attempting to gauge the impact of former patients working as adjuncts to mental health professionals, said Chip Felton, MSW, the study's principal data analyst and a research scientist

The Terracotta revival: building innovation and the image of the industrial city in Britain and North America

This is an examination of the revival of terracotta over the last 200 years in the context of changing attitudes to decoration and the evolution of building construction in Britain and North America. The terracotta revival became of considerable significance in British architecture during the 19th century, and in the development of the American skyscraper after the Chicago fire of 1871. In the US terracotta and faience were fundamental to the evolution of high-rise construction and to attempts to create forms of decoration appropriate to the New World. The materials were worked to their most impressive effect in turn-of-the-century skyscrapers and Art Deco facades of the 1920s. Terracotta offered a solution to pressing problems of urban construction, such as fire, smoke pollution and the need to replicate ornamentation over the large frontages. This book sets out to demonstrate how dramatic buildings such as the Natural History Museum, the Prudential Assurance offices, Edwardian theatres, inter-war cinemas and the majority of New York and Chicago office blocks were produced. The book provides insights into the technicalities of working with terracotta and faience, and the final chapter discusses conservation practice in terms of cleaning, consolidation and re-manufacture.

THE CROSS-LEG FLAP: A NEW PERSPECTIVE

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, C/O AUB New York Office, 850 Third Ave., 18th floor, New York, N.Y. 10022

THE EXPERT’S OPINION

Masaru Murai was appointed President of Compaq K.K. in July 1991 to launch Compaq’s operation in Japan. Before his current appointment, Murai had been the general manager and director of the telecommunications marketing operation for IBM Japan. Murai had been with IBM for 29 years where he started out as a system engineer at IBMs New York office in 1962.

Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Training in Geriatric Psychiatry:

This paper describes the adaptation and implementation of an interdisciplinary treatment team training model to the training of geriatric psychiatrists. The Program for Organizing Interdisciplinary Self-Education (POISE) was designed as a durable, cost-effective approach to teaching interdisciplinary treatment team members methods of self-education, which serve as ongoing tools for planning treatment for patients. POISE is being applied to the New York State/Columbia University Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, a collaborative program of the New York Office of Mental Health, Columbia University Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Willard Psychiatric Center, a traditional mental hospital in upper New York State.

Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations: Human Rights as a Developing Dynamic

1. This article is based on a paper given on 13 April 1991 at the Conference on Rhetoric and Rights of Identity held at the Centre for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University. The views expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the United Nations. The author is a jurist from Greece and is the Chief of the New York Office of the Centre for Human Rights and was, in 1983 and 1984, the Secretary of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. She continues to be actively involved in the area of indigenous peoples' rights. 2. U.N. Doc. SG/SM/4878/Rev.1, 10 Dec. 1992, at 5. 3. G.A. Res. 46/128, U.N. GAOR, 46th Sess., at 1, U.N. Doc. A/RES/46/128 (1992). 4. Lars Emil Johansen, Premier of Greenland, Statement at the Opening Ceremonies of the International Year at UN Headquarters (10 Dec. 1992).

Further disclosures of risks, uncertainties, and financial flexibility: A word of caution

Journal of Corporate Accounting & FinanceVolume 4, Issue 4 p. 515-521 Feature Further disclosures of risks, uncertainties, and financial flexibility: A word of caution Edward E. Nusbaum, Edward E. Nusbaum Partner and assistant national director of accounting and auditing for Grant Thornton. He is also a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and the AICPA Issues Task Force.Search for more papers by this authorJudith Weiss, Judith Weiss CPA, is a senior manager in Grant Thornton's national office in New York. She has written articles for the Journal of Accountancy, Real Estate Accounting and Taxation, and The CPA Journal. Ms. Weiss is a member of the AICPA's Task Force on Common Interest Realty Associations (CIRA) and the NYSSCPA's Real Estate Accounting Committee, where she also chairs the Technical Subcommittee.Search for more papers by this author Edward E. Nusbaum, Edward E. Nusbaum Partner and assistant national director of accounting and auditing for Grant Thornton. He is also a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board and the AICPA Issues Task Force.Search for more papers by this authorJudith Weiss, Judith Weiss CPA, is a senior manager in Grant Thornton's national office in New York. She has written articles for the Journal of Accountancy, Real Estate Accounting and Taxation, and The CPA Journal. Ms. Weiss is a member of the AICPA's Task Force on Common Interest Realty Associations (CIRA) and the NYSSCPA's Real Estate Accounting Committee, where she also chairs the Technical Subcommittee.Search for more papers by this author First published: Summer 1993 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.3970040413 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume4, Issue4Summer 1993Pages 515-521 RelatedInformation

Selecting a cadre is essential to technology transfer planning

Performance + InstructionVolume 30, Issue 1 p. 13-20 Article Selecting a cadre is essential to technology transfer planning Nicholas M. Zacchea, Nicholas M. Zacchea Mr. Zacchea is currently an assistant regional manager in the U.S. General Accounting Office's New York Office. He recently served for 2 years as a consultant for an international organization in the Middle East. He has worked in South America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, and has consulted with several major organizations in the New York area. He was an adjunct faculty member at the New School for Social Research and University of Maryland and currently teaches at New York University. He has conducted seminars for professional organizations in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Republic of Cyprus, and the Middle East. Mr. Zacchea has published articles on the operational and behavioral aspects of the auditing profession.Search for more papers by this author Nicholas M. Zacchea, Nicholas M. Zacchea Mr. Zacchea is currently an assistant regional manager in the U.S. General Accounting Office's New York Office. He recently served for 2 years as a consultant for an international organization in the Middle East. He has worked in South America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, and has consulted with several major organizations in the New York area. He was an adjunct faculty member at the New School for Social Research and University of Maryland and currently teaches at New York University. He has conducted seminars for professional organizations in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Republic of Cyprus, and the Middle East. Mr. Zacchea has published articles on the operational and behavioral aspects of the auditing profession.Search for more papers by this author First published: January 1991 https://doi.org/10.1002/pfi.4170300105Citations: 1 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume30, Issue1January 1991Pages 13-20 RelatedInformation

Real Estate's vital role in corporate finance

Journal of Corporate Accounting & FinanceVolume 1, Issue 4 p. 361-365 Feature Real Estate's vital role in corporate finance Nancy Barlow, Nancy Barlow Nancy Barlow is a senior consultant in the Real Estate Advisory Services Department of the New York office of Laventhol & Horwath.Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth Lawson, Elizabeth Lawson Elizabeth Lawson is an associate in the Real Estate Advisory Services department of the Washington office of Laventhol & Horwath. The authors gratefully acknowledge the advice of Elliot Lesser, partner at Laventhol & Horwath.Search for more papers by this author Nancy Barlow, Nancy Barlow Nancy Barlow is a senior consultant in the Real Estate Advisory Services Department of the New York office of Laventhol & Horwath.Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth Lawson, Elizabeth Lawson Elizabeth Lawson is an associate in the Real Estate Advisory Services department of the Washington office of Laventhol & Horwath. The authors gratefully acknowledge the advice of Elliot Lesser, partner at Laventhol & Horwath.Search for more papers by this author First published: Summer 1990 https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.3970010407Citations: 2 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume1, Issue4Summer 1990Pages 361-365 RelatedInformation

Signs of death as considered by Dr. B.M. Vance in a lecture fifty years ago.

This work is based on the lecture given by Dr. Bernard M. Vance, then Assistant Chief Medical Examiner of New York, to the Homicide Squad Detectives of New York City on November 2, 1933, at the New York Police Academy. He entitled his presentation "Death, simulation of death and suspicion of death." Dr. Vance was an outstanding member of the New York Office's Forensic Pathology Group and was known for his colorful renditions of the scene and autopsy findings in medicolegal cases.

Grading the Hope Diamond

M u c h has been written about the history of the Hope diamond and especially the misfortunes that have supposedly befallen many who have owned it (see) e,gl Patch) 1976; Balfour) 1987; Krashes) 1988). In the more than 30 years since Harry Winston donated it to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958) however! the Hope has been an object of great admiratian. One of the most popular exhibits at the Smi~hsonian~ it is probably seen by more people each year than any other diamond, Althpugh the Hope has been in the United States for most of the 20th century (since its purchase in 191 1 by Evalyn Walsh McLean), it had never been formally graded. In December 1988) the opportunity presented itself when GIA learned that the Hope was being removed from its mounting for a number of reasons) including photography (figure 1) and the malzing of a model. Several representatives of the New York office of the GIA Gem Trade Laboratory traveled to Washington to prepare a complete grading report on the Hope! the first using a widely recognized grading system. Earlier individual tfforts had already provided some of the required information that would only

Houses by Alfred and Jane Clauss in Knoxville, Tennessee

Houses by Alfred and Jane Clauss in Knoxville, Tennessee LAWRENCE WODEHOUSE University of Tennessee In 1932, when preparing material for the Museum of Modem Art show entitled "Modem Architecture: International Exhibition," Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock were required by the Director and Board of Trustees to devote fifty per cent of the exhibition to American architects. This was a difficult assignment, especially as the United States had far fewer practitioners in the modem idiom than most European countries, but Johnson and Hitchcock chose works by sixteen American architects and architectural firms, including the Philadelphia firm of Alfred Clauss (b. 1906) and George Daub.I Johnson also sought to generate American examples for the show. His admiration of the work of Mies van der Rohe in Germany, for example, led him to commission Mies to design the interior of Johnson's apartment on East Fifty-third Street, New York, and Mies recommended Alfred Clauss as a likely architect to supervise its installation. Although Alfred Clauss could be counted as an American practitioner, he was born in Munich, Germany, and graduated from the Munich Architectural School in 1926.2 His German professional experience included employment by two leading practitioners- Karl Schneider in Hamburg and Mies in Berlin- both represented in the 1932 exhibition. Until August 1928, he worked for Schneider in Hamburg; and until the end of 1929, he worked for Mies on the Barcelona Pavilion. Clauss emigrated to the United States in January 1930, and was employed by George Howe in Philadelphia and later in the New York office of Howe and Lescaze. With Howe and Lescaze he worked on the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building, where both Clauss and another Munich designer, Walter Baermann, have been credited with the "high level of detailing that distinguishes the PSFS."3 It was in the Howe and Lescaze office that Clauss met George Daub with whom he worked on competitions and projects.4 1 The sixteen architects and architectural firms included: Bowman Brothers, Clauss and Daub, Cory and Cory, Raymond Hood, Hood and Fouilhoux, Hood and Howells, George Howe, Howe and Lescaze, Frederick Kiesler, Kocher and Frey, William Lescaze, Richard Neutra, Stein and Wright, Thompson and Churchill, Tucker and Howell (with Oskar Stonorov), and Frank Lloyd Wright 2 Personal information throughout the article provided by Clauss in letters to the author dated August 10, 1982, September 9, 1982, November 22, 1982 and December 14, 1982. See Who's Who in America, 1982-83 (Chicago: Marquis), 598. 3 Lorraine Welling Lanmon, William Lescaze, Architect (Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1987) 52. 4 George Daub's name does not appear in any biographical dictionaries or obituary listings. He was an assistant in the flll11 Mellor, Meigs and Howe of Philadelphia, and left when George Howe set up practice 50 ARRIS 1:50-62. 1989 WODEHOUSE: CLAUSS HOUSES IN KNOXVILLE 51 Having worked with Clauss and knowing about his experience in Europe and work on PSFS, Johnson decided to solicit more commissions for the young architect. Johnson persuaded his father to use his influence on behalf of Clauss and Daub in obtaining a commission from Standard Oil of Ohio for a filling station. "It was a question of finding a firm that was young enough to do International Style work," said Johnson.5 Johnson was a native of Cleveland, where his father, Homer H. Johnson, was a successful lawyer, real estate speculator, and stock holder in local companies, including Standard Oil of Ohio. Philip Johnson also persuaded his mother to become the client for a projected house, and recommended Clauss and Daub to Charlotte Young, a Cleveland friend, who wanted to build a residence. Johnson was thus responsible for a number of commissions by Clauss and Daub, two of which were exhibited in 1932: the filling station and the Johnson house. The Standard Oil filling station was a small structure consisting of eight steel columns, similar.to the Barcelona Pavilion. The grid of columns for the filling station was irregular, but the roof cantilevered beyond the columns to the eave-line where a glass curtain wall enclosed the building. It was initially planned to be one of a series of forty Standard Oil stations; ultimately, the...

The Bahā'īs of Iran: the roots of controversy

IN AN interview given shortly before his return to Iran in 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini was asked about the position of religious minorities in a future Islamic republic. In his reply, he guaranteed protection and respect for such groups, but, when asked specifically about the largest of the minorities-the Bahi'as-he asserted that 'they are a political faction; they are harmful; they will not be accepted' (Seven Days 1979, pp.19-20; cf. Nash 1982, pp.77-78). That verdict has been matched during the past seven years by both organized and random campaigns against the Bah'is within Iran, which at times have reached the proportions of a full-scale pogrom but not, so far, those of the holocaust some writers have predicted (e.g. Nash 1982, pp.132, 136).1 Well over 100 Bah'as, including national and local leaders, have been put to death, both by execution and mob violence; hundreds of others have been imprisoned and, it is alleged, tortured; Bahai property has been seized, looted, and destroyed; the assets of Baha'l companies have been confiscated; and large numbers of adherents have been dismissed from private and public employment. According to a Minority Rights Group report: 'There is clear evidence that the authorities are condoning and in some cases initiating the terror and repression against Baha'is' (Cooper 1982, p.1 1). International opinion has been galvanized in support of the Baha'is to an unusual degree. Resolutions condemning the treatment of the minority have been passed by the UN Human Rights Sub-Commission and the SubCommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, the European Parliament, Amnesty International, and several national parliaments. Newspaper, radio, and even television publicity has been extensive, particularly at the local level, to the extent that, for many Westerners, the Iranian Baha'is may be the only Middle Eastern religious minority, besides Jews and Christians, of whose existence they are aware. There is, of course, a simple explanation for this unprecedented interest in the plight of a single minority. Outside Iran, the Baha'i community is sizeable and widely distributed, with perhaps 3,000,000 members worldwide (see Hampson 1980; MacEoin 1985b, pp.492-3). This international community possesses a highly organized and efficient bureaucratic structure that enables it to respond effectively to situations like the one in Iran. It is represented as a non-governmental body at the UN, with an office in New York, while national Baha'i organizations often have good relations with influential institutions and individuals in their countries. Baha' attitudes toward the current persecutions in Iran range from genuine concern for the plight of their co-religionists there to what seems uncomfortably like self-interested exploitation of the pogrom's publicity potential (as expressed, for example, in official statements to the effect that the Iranian situation offers 'golden opportunities' that may lead to 'large-scale conversion and an increasing prestige' (Universal House of Justice 1982; see also MacEoin 1983, f.n. 164)).

State initiatives in health care benefits

Employment Relations TodayVolume 14, Issue 4 p. 299-309 Perspective on Employment Law State initiatives in health care benefits Michael W. Sculnick, Michael W. Sculnick Michael W. Sculnick is a member of the firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day in New York. Mr. Sculnick wishes to acknowledge the substantial contribution of Marc S. Wanger, an associate in the New York office of Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day, in the preparation of this article.Search for more papers by this author Michael W. Sculnick, Michael W. Sculnick Michael W. Sculnick is a member of the firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day in New York. Mr. Sculnick wishes to acknowledge the substantial contribution of Marc S. Wanger, an associate in the New York office of Vedder, Price, Kaufman, Kammholz & Day, in the preparation of this article.Search for more papers by this author First published: Winter 1987 https://doi.org/10.1002/ert.3910140401 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume14, Issue4Winter 1987Pages 299-309 RelatedInformation