Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

As the New York Times reported in 1998, it was Les Crane who first spotted the woman who would be Mavis. Crane was a former ...
The New York Times

Climate and Environment

The court ruled that it was unconstitutional to bar state agencies from investing with firms that the state had accused of boycotting the oil industry. By Karen Zraick Federal agencies are delaying ...
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