Fātiḥa, al-Sūra al-Fātiḥa
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Fātiḥa, al-Sūra al-Fātiḥa, or Fātiḥat al-Kitāb. The ‘opening
sūra’ of the
Qur'ān, also sometimes called Umm al-Kitāb (‘mother of the book’), since it is said to contain the essentials of the entire Qur'ān.
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Wanamakers Sold to a New Generation of Owners.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/21/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...merchandizing. Now, even John Wanamaker's name will disappear...generation of owners. Wanamaker's was a Philadelphia...successive owners of Wanamakers would have been wise...pious and creative, Wanamaker lived to age 84 despite...of the Union Army. John Wanamaker was perhaps...
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Wanamaker Closes Its Department Store Doors Today.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/24/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...market forces as John Wanamaker was in his era. "The sad reality is that John Wanamakers is part of a trend...t see anything at Wanamaker or Woodies that was...said. Nonetheless, Wanamakers faltered: (BULLET...any significant way. John Wanamaker died in 1922; his...
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Wanamaker building: historic renovation consolidates Philadelphia department store to accommodate offices. (John Wanamaker Department Store) (Reconstruction Awards)
Magazine article from: Building Design & Construction; 10/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...Philadelphia's celebrated Wanamaker Department Store is a...1902 by store founder John Wanamaker to design a...called for consolidating Wanamaker's in 650,000 square...strengths and limitations." Wanamaker's had used floors one...said Brickstone partner John Connors. While the ...
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The Wanamaker Trophy: TROPHY FACTS.
Newspaper article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK); 8/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...Aug. 5--The Rodman Wanamaker Trophy is the famed prize...owner and son of founder John Wanamaker, donated the...asked to hand over the Wanamaker Trophy, he said it was...in Detroit found the Wanamaker sealed in a leather case...lift the trophy. --John Daly put the Wanamaker...
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JOHN WANAMAKER WANAMAKER'S; A RELIGIOUS WORK ETHIC MADE HIM ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF DEPARTMENT STORE RETAILING.
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 11/27/2000; ; 700+ words
; When a young John Wanamaker chose a mercantile career...was almost unheard of. Wanamaker was also an advertising...innovator in writing ad copy, Wanamaker's goal was to "find...Wanamaker went on to open the John Wanamaker department store...
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Can John Wanamaker be turned into big money maker? (column)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 8/4/1986; ; 700+ words
; Can John Wanamaker be turned into big money maker? NEW YORK (FNS) -- John Wanamaker, Philadelphia...costs. About 58 per cent of Wanamaker's sales are on its own...decision to divest itself of John Wanamaker to strengthen...
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W&L to buy Wanamaker's from CHH. (Woodward & Lothrop, Carter Hawley Hale Stores)
Magazine article from: WWD; 11/5/1986; 700+ words
; W&L to buy Wanamaker's from CHH NEW YORK -- Carter...said Tuesday it plans to sell its John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, division to Woodward...agreement. The struggling 16-unit Wanamaker's division was put on sale by CHH...
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Wanamakers Employees Prepare for New Department Store Owners.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/27/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Stores Co.'s purchase of Wanamakers from Woodward & Lothrop...although the descendants of John Wanamaker formally lost control of...the building will be the Wanamakers building and it's going...ll miss most is not the Wanamaker name but the character...1993 and still work at ...
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Wanamaker's Lauren shop seen setting a new direction.
Magazine article from: WWD; 10/15/1986; ; 700+ words
; Wanamaker's Lauren shop seen setting a new direction...lavish Madison Avenue store has opened in John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, setting the stage for...shops. Located on the main floor of Wanamaker's downtown flagship store, the 1...
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Woodies will pay $183M to acquire Wanamaker's. (Woodward & Lothrop Inc., John Wanamaker's)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 11/20/1986; 700+ words
; ...Woodies Will Pay $183M To Acquire Wanamaker's NEW YORK -- Woodward...definitive agreement to purchase John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia...of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. John Wanamaker has been a wholly...touch with the management of John Wanamaker and very shortly we...
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Wanamaker, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Wanamaker, John (1838–1922), department...Philadelphia brick‐maker, Wanamaker was largely self‐educated...H. Appel , The Business Biography of John Wanamaker, Founder and Builder , 1930...
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John Wanamaker
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Wanamaker , 1838-1922, American merchant, b...brother-in-law, in 1861. The firm was Wanamaker and Brown until the death of Brown in 1868, and from 1869 it was John Wanamaker and Company. In 1875, Wanamaker...
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Department Stores
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...dollars. The Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker, as did all other department store...but he took it a step farther. Wanamaker, who first partnered with Nathan...other merchants followed suit, Wanamaker was one of the first merchants...
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Advertising Gets Respectable
Book article from: American Eras
...The First Copywriter. In 1874 John Wanamaker, who had started a dry-goods...advertisements, the first copywriter. John E. Powers, who deliberately cultivated...of his day. He first convinced Wanamaker to change the name of his Grand...
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Rural Free Delivery
Book article from: American Eras
...as 1879 small-town journalist John Stahl advocated rural free delivery...Benjamin Harrison, Postmaster General John Wanamaker, a self-made department-store...costs of such a vast undertaking. Wanamaker’s fellow Republications...
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