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...increase in the prices the public pays." This gloss did not cover the fact that the major airlines have won federal approval for six rate increases over the past decade, and in each case a major factor in getting the raise was rising operating expenses-a big chunk of which is wages. Despite Johnson's assurances, a new round of fare increases is inevitable in the near future...
...Canterbury ("another traitor"). "O'Neill might as well try to stop Niagara Falls with a teaspoon." Paisley stormed, "as try to stop our Protestant cause." When Queen Elizabeth arrived in Belfast this month to dedicate a bridge, embittered Catholics promised retaliation; and sure enough, a twelve-pound chunk of concrete came crashing down on her car from a fourth-floor window on her parade route, luckily only denting the hood...
That fawnlike look is Audrey's special domain as a comedienne, and her partner in crime on this elegant occasion is Peter O'Toole, also treading very lightly as a debonair art-world detective whom Audrey has mistaken for a fellow burglar. Together they hurdle a large chunk of plot by stealing a marble Cellini nude from a Paris art museum, armed only with a magnet, a boomerang and a mop bucket...
...despite the deep loyalty of most of the country's 1.5 million people, Elizabeth is the living symbol of oppression to the 500,000 Catholic minority, and officials feared some kind of retaliation. Sure enough, as the royal bubble-top limousine rolled through the city, a 12-lb. chunk of concrete was tossed at the car from a fourth-story window, miraculously glancing off the hood. Later that day a woman bounced a beer bottle off the bubble-top. The Queen never lost her cool. 'Tough car," she quipped as she finished her tour...
...property is subject to probate, the man who wishes to avoid the process is well advised to reduce the amount of his property that need be willed. One method, which also avoids federal gift taxes, is for a married couple to give away assets of $60,000 in one chunk, plus yearly chunks of $6,000 to each child. Another way is to put assets into life insurance, payable to a named beneficiary other than one's estate; the proceeds escape probate. Other assets can be disposed of by "joint tenancy with right of survivorship" such as joint bank...