Sublime

One would have to give Flagler credit for his vision. At the time the entirety of Palm Beach, situated on a narrow, palm-laden barrier island between Lake Worth and the Atlantic, consisted of less than a dozen houses. While the place was undeniably lovely, it was virgin territory, with no housing facilities for the hundreds of workmen who would be

When a new Aquarium was finally built, the cost of its construction had risen to $10,000,000—and every cent was paid by the city, so that satisfying Moses’ private grudge with the reformers cost the city’s taxpayers $11,000,000.

smallest portion of Yale’s endowment is targeted to deflation hedging assets—7.2 percent, well below the 12.7 percent allocation of the average university endowment:

Believing that Conner was “exceptionally well qualified” to carry out the critical planning functions required of the Operations Section, Palmer resolved to “pry him loose” from the Inspector General. Palmer took his request to Chief of Staff Harbord, who warned Palmer of a potential problem with Conner’s transfer to the Operations Section: Conner