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...Albany, Texas, estimates that he could increase his company's new drilling by 50% if he had the necessary material. As it is, he says, "if all the wells I've got going now come in, I don't have enough pipe in the yard to furnish them...
...staples. Office buildings, low-rent apartments and supermarkets rose almost everywhere. Some planners worried about keeping a work ethic going. Said a Saudi government minister: "We will have to be very careful not to spoil our citizens. Our people will have to deserve what they earn. We will furnish them with basic requirements, but nobody should live on charity...
...Washington, D.C., the wealthy are also cutting corners. One of the most elegant caterers for big-time spenders, Ridgewell's of Bethesda, Md., notes that some gilt-edged customers are "piece-mealing"; they now furnish their own silver, tablecloths and canapes and press their children into service, thus getting by with two waiters instead of four...
Like previous Warhol-Morrissey collaborations (in which Warhol appears to furnish mostly his name and a little spiritual guidance), Dracula features a cast of actors who look like stragglers from the Apocalypse. Most are anonymous, possessing a similar flexibility of gender. The one readily identifiable figure, Joe Dallesandro, plays - badly, of course - a servant in a rich, decadent household. In such surroundings his New York street accent is in vigorating: "What's the count doin' with you two who-ahs?" he inquires of two sapphic sisters, and gets only a glazed sneer for a response...
Pappas also claimed that police officers "have been unable to furnish adequate protection" at the picketing sites. At the Harvard Provision, though, Cambridge policemen have been serving detail duty during every picket and have not had to interfere with the UFW or the Boycott Support Committee...