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...Star's traditional no-frills hard-news approach was shucked in favor of more analytical coverage, occasionally frivolous feature stories, breezier writing and zestier graphics. The company did its part by increasing the editorial budget $1.4 million, to $5.5 million. Star reporters began turning up in such far-flung places as Italy and Niagara Falls, and writing long, thoughtful pieces on migrant workers, regional government and the labor movement in the airline industry...
...companies that get into the headlines for foreign bribes are usually large multinationals with far-flung operations and sales in the billions. But right near the top of the list of the 527 U.S. firms that the Securities and Exchange Commission has cited for improper payments is International Systems & Controls, a Houston-based engineering outfit whose revenues were $276 million last year...
...greatest demand is for long weekends. The Snoozer is especially popular with golfers, who can play three far-flung courses in a weekend- for example, Las Vegas, Lake Havasu City Ariz., and Palm Springs, Calif.- with the bus traveling at night. However, the company has lined up 18 charters for events like the Calgary, Alta., Stampede in July, the Superbowl in Pasadena, Calif, next January and the Winter Olympics in February at Lake Placid, N.Y., where local housing has already been rented in advance at astronomical prices. Other future charters mclude a seven-day tour of Bryce Canyon and Zion...
Dixieland no longer has a place in Bok's music or in the far-flung reveries he shapes into lyrics. "I don't know anything about the rest of the people in the world," Bok concedes. "I have a pretty good idea-I meet quite a few folks-but I can't judge what's relevant." He further fesses up: "I find it very difficult to sing songs I can't connect with." Bok, however, can make some arcane connections. Sources for songs include Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "an acquaintance...
...Some far-flung greetings to shutterbug Carlson...