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...especially warm October day, the harriers tackled a looping course of grass, asphalt and wood trails by running in small packs. Brown attempted a similar strategy, but Harvard broke through the Bruins' small groups, leaving behind several low-finishing Brown stragglers...
DIED. W.R. Burnett, 82, writer of 34 taut novels (Little Caesar, The Asphalt Jungle, The Dark Command), many of which he then honed into classic screenplays; in Santa Monica, Calif. A taste of Chicago-during the '20s gave Burnett a gritty sensibility that marked his work over half a century and provided memorable roles to such tough-guy stars as Humphrey Bogart (High Sierra) and Alan Ladd (This Gun for Hire). Not long ago, he observed of life: "You're going to have trouble and you die-that much you know. And there's not much else...
...started coming, there were many houses like the Montpelier to choose from, and each one had its stalwarts. Joblin used to stay across the street, in fact, at the By the C. There is a parking lot there now, and two houses beside it have also been turned into asphalt. Most people drive to Atlantic City, and parking spaces near the Boardwalk, where the Montpelier is, are at a premium. A fourth house, now empty, will soon be torn down too. The woman who owns it was offered $300,000 last year, Shuster observes, but held...
...currently the second largest producer in the cartel. In the Dominican Republic, Venezuelan money is helping to finance the construction of a $64 million hydroelectric project, housing, and a $2.3 million alcohol distillery. The tiny island state of St. Lucia (pop. 120,000) has opened a $400,000 asphalt plant, courtesy of Caracas. In Panama, officials are planning to erect a $100 million bridge to span the canal-with Venezuelan backing. An estimated $100 million in Venezuelan money has flowed into embattled El Salvador to prop up the civilian-military government headed by Christian Democratic President José Napole...
...tiniest French Alpine hamlet, no local matter is too minor to escape the attention of the Paris government. The Atlantic coastal town of Saint-Palais-sur-Mer wants to extend a street? It needs the signatures of the Minister of the Interior and the Premier before the asphalt can be poured. A poultry association in the small Vendee city of Challans wants to produce Christmas turkeys? It must satisfy the Ministry for Agriculture that its birds meet national standards. And so it has long been in France, the Western nation with the most centralized government. Last week, fulfilling a campaign...