But avant-garde didn't pay, and the Barrons decided to cash in by turning to Hollywood.

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Union rules continued to be an obstacle, and technology eventually passed the Barrons by.

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Married in 1947, the Barrons received a tape recorder as a wedding gift.

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It owns business and financial news publications, including the financial weekly Barrons, and the monthly Far Eastern Economic Review as well as The Wall Street Journal.

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The Barrons' music caught the ear of the avant-garde scene: In the early 1950s, they worked on a year-long project with composer John Cage.

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But perhaps, as a commentator in Barrons suggests, the Internet had been rife with rumour that the meeting was a gathering of representatives of the World Temperance Organisation.

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For example, Barrons.com a significant amount of content is behind a paid wall from Saturday to the end of trading on Monday, then much of it available for free.

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The stock was one of the strongest in 2002, but thanks to a damaging story in the Nov. 10, 2002, issue of Barrons, J2 now trades down 33% from its high.

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