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...within Iceland's claimed 50-mile limit, at least until next year, when a U.N.-sponsored conference will redefine the scope of disputed territorial waters round the world. Britain has promised to reduce its total catch to 130,000 tons, 30,000 less than last year's haul. As for Iceland, it clearly felt that the publicity was worth the war in dramatizing the plight of small coastal states dependent on their fisheries for survival...
Value is found not in objects or personalities themselves, but in the degree they trigger his mind to acknowledge their identity. When Skelton's skiff is finished and he and his girl Miranda haul it to the harbor, he scorns unearned satisfaction...
Armed with toolboxes and traveling in dented pickup trucks, they prospect in garbage dumps, abandoned houses, cut-over timberlands, deserted beaches. Their haul seems shabby: driftwood, salvaged lumber, squares of flooring, old banisters, fragments of stained glass. But to the foragers, these gleanings are golden. Months or even years later, their booty reappears in the recycled glory of selfstyled, handmade homes...
Purely by accident, Charley and Nadine finally score big in Tres Cruces, N. Mex. There are a couple of snags. Nadine (Jacqueline Scott), shot in the side during the getaway, dies. And the haul is too big. Charley winds up with two pouches stuffed with hundreds, a little over $750,000 worth. His partner, Harman (Andy Robinson), is ecstatic, but Charley (Walter Matthau) is worried. He knows that the only reason there would be money like that in Tres Cruces is if the bank is being used for a drop...
...reason is that the bus, a goofy-looking vehicle, naturally attracts your sympathy if not your affection. Its novelty is an ice-breaker. The bus drivers may describe themselves as loners, but as any hitch-hiker who has been picked up by the king of the loners--the long-haul truck driver--can tell you, loners are often the most friendly people going. Jack, who knows me by my first name, is a jokester and friendly story-teller. Although I may look like a clown and invite razzing, I have been teased in a good natured way by the other...