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...P.O.W. Wing." Each camp had its own American commandant, as it were. The prisoners adopted Air Force organizational tables-wings, squadrons, operations. A tap code and a hand code were the most effective methods of communicating, but everything helped-the modulations of a cough, the syncopated swipe of a broom...
Hours later, the huge amphitheater, which once resounded to the agonies of the 1968 Democratic Convention, is quiet except for the occasional clang of a dropped wrench or the grunts of car owners as they push their treasures up the ramp into their trailers. An old porter pushes a broom through the thick litter of the International Speed Custom Cycle Auto Show...
Some economists argue, moreover, that the income gap between broom closet and executive suite should continue to yawn wide, for everybody's sake. "I don't think you can narrow the income gap without reducing the nation's real income growth," says Alan Greenspan, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists. "You would get less effort out of a whole group of people who are striving to get rich. Our whole incentive structure depends on having income increments...
Once the nominations were set, the winners followed fairly logically. A bunch of sentimental favorites like Ben Johnson, Gene Hackman (always pick the Hollywood veteran over a qualified candidate without the homegrown background). Sops for such costly items as negligible as Bedknobs and Broom-sticks. And the final award tally divided between what Hollywood thinks of as Art--The Last Picture Show--and what it makes better, enjoys more, and thrives on financially--The French Connection...
...property owner's permission. Offenders would be subject to fines of up to $500, six months in jail, or both. Shaker Heights now has the problem of enforcement; no arrests have yet been made, but some dog-owners are now following their pets around with scoop and broom...