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...though less elaborate campaign to entice firms. Among the prize catches, mostly in the Albuquerque area, are companies ranging from a Hawk missile facility and an Olympus camera plant to a J.C. Penney telemarketing center. The state, which has a budget surplus of $100 million, can afford to offer generous tax incentives, and it assiduously cuts red tape. When Great American Stock relocated to Rio Rancho two months ago, it obtained a building permit in 11 days at a cost of $2,200; a comparable permit in San Diego, the company says, might have taken 18 months and cost...
...guardedness, Letterman can be generous and loyal to friends. In 1979 Miller was among several comics who boycotted the Comedy Store in a labor dispute. Letterman, who by this time was guest-hosting the Tonight Show, kept performing there because he needed to try out material. Miller showed up one night to watch his friend, but the club's owner called the police and had him thrown out. "After Dave heard what had happened, he never worked another show there," says Miller. "That was quite a sacrifice...
...great support from the critics. They've been very generous in their praise. As have all the writers...
...dozens of friends of the two recent graduates interviewed over the past week say there is a cruel irony in all this. Both students, these friends say, are generous, ethical and committed to Eliot House. No one can imagine Lee or Sword running off with...
...darling of the '91 World Champion Twins' turned down a generous offer to stay in the city where he grew up and became an ex-patriot for an ex-tra million (and is now assuming the persona of an ex-star). With no dividends, and a waning fan-club, questions about his worth remain...