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...months that Crystel has lived with Powell, she has learned to feed him-albeit sloppily. On signals from Powell with a flashlight-pointer, she will also turn lights on and off, fetch such small articles as keys, books and slippers, open doors, place records on a stereo turntable and put things back in their places. Says Powell: "Crystel has her own personality, and she won't take any guff...
Artworks depicting scenes of Rhodesian history, both glorious and inglorious, are also experiencing a boom. In Salisbury a package of eight reproductions of sketches showing the discovery of Victoria Falls by David Livingstone currently sells for $32. "They'll fetch thousands in years to come," predicted one optimistic Rhodesian dealer. At an exhibition...
...newly graduated engineer with a bachelor's degree can expect a starting salary of $16,000, plus sign-up bonus. Engineers with ten years or more experience in virtually any facet of electronics can fetch $50,000. Additional perks often include payments for the selling costs on the recruit's old home and closing costs on the new home, free lodging while house hunting, conferences with tax specialists (in hopes of setting up tax shelters) and membership in a country club...
...frequent visitor to New Jersey's Lambertville Antique Flea Market: "You can go there and touch something from your childhood." When Shirley Temple ruled moviedom in the '30s, small blue drinking glasses bearing her pixie face were packed in countless Wheaties boxes. The glasses now fetch $9 each at MacSonny's flea market in North Reading, Mass. Anything old sells: wedding dresses, shoes, and, for collectors, Coca-Cola signs, beer cans and comic books. Says Bill McCrenice, an antique-store owner and a frequent seller at Atlanta's "1-85" drive-in market: "I bring things...
...soaring price of homes is also inhibiting many moves. A New Jersey engineer, asked to relocate to California, learned that while his present home would fetch only $80,000, a comparable house within reasonable commuting distance of Los Angeles would cost at least $150,000. Rather than go into debt for a new home, the engineer quit...