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...does the Canberra political hothouse. In the daily search for the obvious and the obscure, the paper's 60 news journalists, including 10 foreign correspondents, are the forward scouts. Ideas, tip-offs, leads and hunches start rolling in as Whittaker's morning gathers speed. Near him pictorial editor Paul Burston is working out assignments for the paper's 25 photographers around the country, having already sifted through the 1,000 or so images that have come in overnight from agencies around the world: "If you miss a news story, you're stuffed." When Mitchell took over in late...
...book was long and complicated in its argument, Burnston said, adding, "It was psuedo-science at best. Closer to none-sense." Nevertheless, Burston said, "People want to be a lot more worried about the world coming to an end than about crossing the street. Really there's more danger from a truck...
...consumers, too, private labels are often a good deal. Says William Burston, a vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association: "The difference in price between private labels and national brands in department stores is often anywhere from 20% to 30%." Trouble is that shoppers can never be certain of the private label's worth. Sometimes a store switches manufacturers while continuing to market the product under its own label. Humble Oil's Atlas tires are made in various states by different manufacturers...
...trying to reach the arena last, i.e., closest to the bulls. Devil Montanez won the race in 1933. Hailed by Caracas critics as promising bull ring material, Devil Montanez became weary of Venezuela, decided Europe was more his style, sailed for Spain. An American promoter in Europe,Lew Burston,had been recommended to him as an able manager. Instead of calling on Promoter Burston, Devil Montanez attracted Promoter Burston's attention to himself by winning three fights-all knockouts. Promoter Burston appeared in Barcelona, signed a contract as manager of Devil Montanez...
Italian opponents are lucky for Don Diablo. His most important victim before Venturi was Carlo Orlandi, onetime champion of Europe. When they met in 1935, Orlandi won the first seven rounds and Manager Burston begged his man to get busy. Said Devil Montanez: "This fight isn't over yet. They'll pick him up off the floor. . . ." In the eighth round, Orlandi picked himself off the floor three times, in the ninth four times, in the tenth twice. The next time he went down, his seconds carried him out. When the fight was over, Orlandi spent four months...
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