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...left the group after the release of Duck Soup in 1933. "He was a lousy actor," grouched Groucho, "and he got out as soon as he could." But Zeppo eventually became the richest of the brothers, working variously as a talent agent, an airplane parts manufacturer and a citrus grower. His marriages (one to the current Mrs. Frank Sinatra), gambling sprees and occasional public scraps kept him in the limelight when Hollywood no longer did, but he spent his last years quietly in a Palm Springs mobile home...
...outside or "exogenous" factors that lie beyond the power of economists to control. They cannot be held accountable for poor grain harvests, such as occurred in 1972, for the harsh winters of 1977 and 1978, or for the weather of last year that cut into harvests in the citrus belt. Government economists also argue that price gouging by foreign oil producers is exogenous. True, but only partly so. Not only did inflation in the industrial countries encourage the 13-nation OPEC cartel to quintuple its prices in 1973-74, but the accelerating U.S. price spiral provides the cartel with...
Emergency Force along the Gaza-Israeli border. On June 5, 1967, after Nasser ordered the U.N. forces out, the Israelis attacked Egyptian positions, took over the Gaza Strip, and have held it ever since. Today, Gaza's 458,000 Arabs live midst sand and citrus groves, in poverty and overcrowded conditions...
...find, too weak to call out. Well diggers known as moqanis were flown in from Kerman and Yazd to repair the ancient qanats, the giant underground system of wells and canals around the Kavir desert that for centuries have brought water to Tabas and greened its pools, palms and citrus trees. After slithering 180 ft. down into the canals to repair connections, they reported nervously that "the earth is growling down there." Tabas' terrible night, it seemed, might not be over...
Waist Watcher's Selection. Low-calorie, citrus-rich, jammed with vitamins and colorful taste thrills...