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Tecon (pronounced tay-con, because the company's motto is "We take on anything") is headed by Clint Murchison Jr., 30-year-old son of the multimillionaire Texas wheeler-dealer (TIME, May 24). Eager for the worldwide attention that the job will create, up-and-coming Tecon agreed to move soft shale from the hill at $1.06 a cu. yd., rock at $1.46, and to finish the job in 15 months. Nobody knew exactly how much shale and how much rock would have to be removed to make the canal safe, but official estimates ran as high...
...only things they don't get are travel allowances for dependents and shipment of household goods," he con- tinued. "Also they're not entitled to veterans' benefits...
...work done in a particular field. For instance, Taylor's American Studies is based around twelve problems, such as "The New Deal: Revolution of Evolution?" or "National Health Insurance." The idea is to investigate each problem through reading and lectures and reach a conclusion about it, pro and con, stating reasons for the decision in a short paper. At the end of each two or three week problem session, small two-hour seminars are held to thrash out the problem. Taylor says he doesn't care about a student's position as long as his reasoning is vaild. By thus...
...this program, FHA guaranteed more than 16,500,000 loans to homeowners for repairs. With inadequate funds, and without permission from Congress to inspect each loan, the FHA had been forced to rely on the prudence of banks to uphold ethical standards. In many instances, the reliance was misplaced. Con men and crooked contractors have made millions from overevaluated loans for slapdash or nonexistent repairs...
Then he said, "I'm lonesome." Describing what happened later, Mrs. Krone said: "He put his left arm around my shoulder and with his right hand he started pulling up my skirt." Was there any more con versation? "No sir," she told the Bakersfield coroner, "It was all action." As her muscular assailant reached for her, Mrs. Krone stepped on the throttle, brought her left forearm down on the steering wheel horn ring, and pushed at him with her right hand. He grabbed the wheel and ran the car off the road. She opened the door, jumped...