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Besides, and this is sort of a secret, I have an incredible crush on Master Heimert. I would hate to be so far away from him for another whole year. Yours very truly. Bettina Skorberg...
...engaged in light housework, Arok passes the day gazing sternly over the living room from his accustomed corner next to the TV set. He moves toward you quietly, with an air of intimidating strength. You know his limbs contain sensors that will short his circuits before he can crush your limbs, but you are reluctant to take his hand when he offers it. You know Arok's master is putting words in his mouth from across the room through a microphone in an attache´ case-sized control panel, but you find yourself interviewing him with stiff formality...
...bargain hunters are everywhere. Some companies have started to put junior executives on the cramped, cut-rate flights (while senior managers, complaining of the crush on commercial lines, are clamoring for the firm to buy more executive jets). The General Accounting Office, noting that the Government spends $470 million annually on airline tickets, has urged that the bureaucrats take the bargain flights...
...international aviation's biggest jams yet, tens of thousands of passengers were stranded for up to five days at Europe's airports last week. Many Americans traveling to Europe on cut-rate flights found that there were not enough bargain seats to accommodate the heavy crush heading home. Others were held up by a slowdown of 2,500 French air traffic controllers. Their action snarled traffic across Europe, but the worst congestion was in Britain and France...
...legalized gambling is not transforming Atlantic City as fast as some residents had expected. Except for the crush inside the Resorts International Hotel and the wild bidding in real estate offices for Boardwalk property, the city is still much the same as always. Earlier this year, many home and shop owners posted FOR SALE signs in hopes of making quick fortunes. But much of the opening-day hysteria has passed, and rents of property not on the Boardwalk have returned to normal. Indeed, some residents joke that the city's best chance of getting new money...