Money was invested, offices opened at home and abroad, award-winning journalists hired and sections added until the former light-weight rag had grown so hefty that doorsteps trembled at its descent.

ECONOMIST: Otis Chandler

Candelabrums light the rooms and rag rugs cover the squeaky wooden floors.

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She didn't stop performing until she was 72 and choreographed one of her rare light-hearted works, Maple Leaf Rag, just a year before her death.

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