Word: firemanning
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...plump lubriciousness, regrets and surprising pleasures. Characters find themselves reproved by expectation, exiles on all fronts. At their best, his stories have the everyday magic of tall tales overheard at the local tea stall. It is no coincidence, perhaps, that the neighbor who runs away with the Irish fireman's wife in one yarn -- to an ashram in Pondicherry, no less -- goes by the name of Scheherazade...
When Franklin-Lipsker, now 29, first made that stunning disclosure last November, it broke open a case that local authorities thought they would never solve. Her story was credible enough for police to arrest Franklin, 50, a retired fireman and real estate agent, for first-degree murder and hold him on $2 million bail. Since then, the Franklin family has split apart. One of Franklin-Lipsker's three sisters distrusts her. Her brother, George Jr., will take the stand against her in their father's defense. Eileen's mother, who divorced George Sr. in 1975, is said...
...Phillips Petroleum Co. plastics plant near Houston to a blackened maze. "It was like being inside a bomb," said purchasing agent Clay Howell, who was knocked out of his chair 350 yds. from the blasts. Trying to stop the inferno was "like spitting in the ocean," said Houston fireman Joseph Phillips. Twenty-two employees were either killed or presumed dead...
Only about one in five Bay Area homes was covered by earthquake insurance, and generally for only 85% to 90% of its value. (Earthquake insurance can cost as much as $800 a year for a $200,000 house.) Jack Byrne, chairman of Fireman's Fund, figures that insurers will eventually shell out $2.5 billion to repair earthquake damage. They stand to recover perhaps two-thirds of that from international reinsurers -- Lloyd's of London is the biggest -- which protect insurers against catastrophic losses. Still, the earthquake claims, coming less than a month after the devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo, could...
...growing demand for mature actors for commercials. At the Ford agency, a division called Classic Woman offers a group of 30 models over age 40. Senior Class, a New York City agency started last year, books 200 men and women 50 to 80. Among them are a retired fireman, a judge and even a onetime IRS agent...