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...unspoiled Scottish village (and its little crescent beach) in order to destroy it and then build a refinery, the natives would launch a counterstrike of sly and eccentric schemes designed to sabotage the outlanders' plans. How times have changed! In Local Hero, the residents, excepting one beachcomber holdout, are all eager to sell. It is the outsiders, succumbing to the charm of the place, who end up defending it against everyone's greedy impulses...
...council's lone holdout was Councillor Francis H. Duchay '55, who did not agree with Vellucci's subtle efforts "As far as I'm concerned. I'm going to be here," said Duchay from the council office in City Hall He added. "I do not expect a quorum...
...following morning, a Friday, Cy made it obvious that he was prepared to admit the Shah for medical reasons. I was now the lone holdout...
...contract for all 13 railway unions began in August 1981; although eleven of the 13 unions agreed on the terms, the talks broke down last July. Reagan invoked a 60-day cooling-off period and appointed a panel to make recommendations. In August the board suggested that the two holdout unions accept the 28.8% wage hike over 39 months already agreed to by the other unions, along with a no-strike pledge. The twelfth union holdout relented, but the engineers continued to balk at the lack of a guaranteed wage differential. When the cooling-off period ended on Sept...
...most miserable in the union," and its capital, Indianapolis, "the dullest large city in the U.S." Royko polled 1,000 of his readers on whether the U.S. should go to war if Argentina were to invade the Hoosier state. According to the columnist, 999 voted no; the sole holdout was undecided. Hoosiers hit back with a booster campaign of T shirts labeled ROYKO WHO? and ROYKO DOME-a swipe at his observation that it is silly for Indianapolis to plan a domed stadium when it has no major baseball or football franchises. Letters began coming in from across the state...