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...suburban Houston's affluent Memorial area, Pawnbroker Jean Davis last month installed a drive-in window so that once rich oil barons would not have to embarrass themselves by going through the shop's front door. Davis recently began dispatching a black limousine to bring in clients. At Shaw's Jewelry and Loan on the eastern edge of Houston's tony River Oaks section, pawnbroker loans are running nearly 20% above last year's pace. The new clients are bringing in everything from a $35,000 bronze statue to state-of- the-art stereo systems. One oil company executive came...
...only did the planners not consult the student body, but they also excluded a substantial number of less affluent students who can't afford to go to the ball. For all its faults, at least the 350th in September didn't have a dress code...
...with pricey imports. The domestic market for luxury cars, which are defined as those costing $15,000 or more, will make up an estimated 15% of total sales in the U.S. this year, or 1.6 million vehicles, up from 9% in 1975. Says Cadillac General Manager John Grettenberger: "The affluent segment of the population is exploding...
...major airports whenever possible. William Kramer had no such choice: he took off from Torrance Municipal Airport, just ten miles from LAX, and was heading across the city toward Big Bear Lake, a resort area some 90 miles to the east. Kramer, who had moved from Spokane to the affluent Palos Verdes Peninsula early this year, had been licensed to fly for six years but had logged only 231 hours in the air, most of them in Washington's relatively uncrowded skies. On the fateful Sunday morning, Kramer reportedly bought an up-to-date map of the terminal control area...
...campaigning for next January's national elections. The opposition Social Democrats have already reproached the government for "playing with people's lives." In response, Kohl's Christian Democrats wish to amend the constitution to admit refugees fleeing political persecution but not those simply seeking a better life in an affluent society. That would theoretically bar more than 80% of this year's newcomers. Enforcing such rules, however, may not be easy. As one airline executive in Frankfurt observed last week, "How can we tell the difference between acceptable political refugees and nonacceptable economic refugees? It just won't work...