Word: craft
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Knapp, engineer of the Ann Blessey, makes $110 a day to run the tow's engines for an hour. Wills' $210 a day comes painlessly as well: he spends about two hours monitoring the radio and "wheel-washing"-wagging the boat's tail to keep the craft from becoming frozen in place like the barges...
...that deal goes through and Murdoch then tries to take over Warner, he might run afoul of any number of federal laws and regulations. One is the Communications Act of 1934, which prohibits foreign ownership of broadcast licenses. Moreover, one of the Chris-Craft stations is in San Antonio, where Murdoch has two newspapers, and the Federal Communications Commission frowns on a company's owning both broadcast and print media in the same locale...
Ross seemed to have sandbagged Murdoch. But then the press lord asked the FCC last week to review the partnership proposed by Warner and Chris-Craft, arguing that if the two companies joined forces, they would illegally own both cable-TV networks and direct-broadcast stations in some cities...
Murdoch met secretly with Ross and Chris-Craft Chairman Herbert Siegel in the Manhattan offices of Allen & Co., the Australian's investment banker. Ross and Siegel reportedly tried to persuade Murdoch to sell his Warner shares, but they must have failed. Murdoch subsequently sued Warner and Chris-Craft in a Delaware state court, saying that their deal was designed merely to protect the interests of the managements of the two corporations...
...waste. Manufacturers have developed smaller, more efficient stoves. But poor burning practices abound. Homeowners sometimes toss green, moist wood into their fires, along with rubbish and newspapers. (The EPA recommends wood that has been air-dried at least a year.) Mark Loding, a chimney sweep who practices his Dickensian craft in the Charlevoix-Petoskey-Harbor Springs area of Michigan, is appalled by the fire making habits of his customers. Says he: "Chimneys are clogged with nasty stuff. People are putting in too much wood and not allowing enough air to reach the fire...