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Closed & Darkened. The effects of the strike reach far beyond the boundaries of the cities, where closed and darkened newsstands represent the job losses of 22,800 newspaper workers and 1,500 newsstand dealers. The cruise ships that haul sun-seeking tourists to West Indies souvenir shops are having trouble filling their cabins without newspaper advertising. Even airlines feel the pinch, and Northeast Airlines had to cancel its package tours to Florida for lack of customers. In New York itself the strike has also imperiled the jobs of 11,000 workers in the wastepaper industry, who look on the daily...
...lead comes from concentrating some 80% of their efforts on the popular, mass-produced light and compact trucks. This leaves the heavy-duty field wide open for smaller companies, which thrive by tailor-making trucks ranging from $6,500 highway tractors to $75,000 giants that can haul 49 tons of iron ore. Although they account for only 13% of industry production, the big trucks bring in 34% of the money...
...nobility has grown so numerous that today it would take 16 double-decker buses to haul all the members of the peerage to the House of Lords. As Emerson observed in 1856, they belong to an "aristocracy with the doors open." In contrast with Europe's titled bluebloods, who are descended from a hereditary knightly caste formed between the 11th and 14th centuries, Britain's noblemen are two-a-penny come-latelies. Throughout the nation's history, Kings and, later, Prime Ministers have freely handed out titles to deserving-and undeserving-comers. George I even made "petticoat...
...example, the teamsters who haul cargo to the docks and the sailors who run the ships both have $100-per-month pension programs, with money provided by employers. Even the longshoremen on the West Coast receive $100. But the dock workers who load the cargo onto the ships got $85 per month," Healy said...
...trail led to four other gang members, whose illicit inventory included 400 Ibs. of precious aniline dyes, 220 yards of satin, $200 in British pounds, and hundreds of thousands of rubles in state loan certificates, rubies, coins and medals. A crook named "Blue Eyes" was all set to haul the swag out by car to Afghanistan. The gang had hoped to use the profits to finance a pilgrimage to Mecca. Instead, they all landed in a Tashkent jail, sentenced to terms of 10 to 15 years...