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...playwright running at the same speed. The tempo lags only in the final act. With bare stage, static blocking and house lights turned up, the staging is faithful to Chekhov's sense of desolation, but also somewhat trying to an audience at the end of a three-hour haul...
...ransom fit for a queen. Not that Elizabeth II was exactly ad venturing for booty, but when Britain's monarch returned home last week from a three-week tour of six Persian Gulf states, she brought back an assortment of trinkets worth an estimated $2 million. Quite a haul, even for someone who is reputed to be the world's wealthiest woman...
...some companies may benefit. Short-haul airlines expect to win new passengers because rising gasoline prices make it cheaper to fly than to drive. But long-haul lines may have to cut service to small cities. T.W.A. last week scrubbed five flights out of Kansas City for lack of fuel. The auto industry stands to benefit because rising gasoline prices are likely to move shoppers to buy fuel-efficient cars. That will help automakers meet strict federally mandated "fleet average" mileage standards for vehicle sales. On the other hand, fast-food chains, restaurants and hotels will suffer if Americans drive...
...take exception to your closing comment: "Since trucks haul just about everything that Americans buy or sell...
...above his house. After vainly asking local officials to get rid of it, he finally sent an angry telegram to Governor Jerry Brown. The state thereupon declared an emergency, shut down five miles of the highway, and hired a Long Beach construction company for $97,000 to haul the boulder away...