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...dour lot, but Kurt Wallander may be the grumpiest of them all. In this, Mankell?s 37th novel, Wallander has recently shot and killed a man?something that would not faze a hard-boiled U.S. gunman but is enough to send this veteran cop into a drunken, downward spiral. He decides to leave the force, only to realize an hour later that he has made a terrible mistake. He comes back, of course, drawn by his guilt over a friend?s murder and eventually finds himself on the money trail of a smiling man whom Mankell sees as the picture...
...merits: Robinson gets to know the management teams personally and follows their actions closely. "There isn't a company in our portfolio that we can't call and talk to the CEO," he says. But jump in at the wrong juncture, and you could be in for a downward ride. Then again, no one ever said being green would be easy...
...from 655 in 2003; the number of burglaries dropped from 372 in 2004 to 327 in 2005; and the number of larcenies dropped slightly, from 185 to 180.A MATTER OF REPORTINGBut while the rate of thefts on campus—in the midst of a downward trend—might appear to be higher than at other schools, the discrepancy is due to a difference in the way the statistics are collected.“It’s simply a matter of reporting,” said Catalano. “We’re not required...
...stood in a long line for a drink. Realistically, there were two choices: orange juice and Rolling Rock. I asked the bartender for the beer. We sat for a buffet lunch. Two club members populated our table. More conversation about the weather. I stared downward as I nursed the prime rib. And after lunch, we changed clothes for tackle football on the lawn, or, if you preferred, croquet. I wandered over to the creek and wondered which direction it was flowing...
...dual-flush flushometer. The verdict? The jury, quite literally, is still sitting on it. The dual-flush flushometer is a leafy-green, antiseptic-coated toilet handle that controls the amount of water used in each flush. Specifically, students flush upwards for “1” and downwards for “2.” The new handles were installed in the hope that the reduced water usage (1.1 gallons for liquid waste and 1.6 for solid waste) would benefit the environment. “I think it’s a good step in that it?...