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Hard Times. Last summer Maggiorani managed to get 17 days' work in a minor movie role. Then the family lived thinly on what little was left of Maggiorani's "millions." Last month the landlord posted an eviction notice on their three-room flat just as Maggiorani was starting a temporary job as a bricklayer...
...plumber's bill, Hilton dashed to a friend who knew the postmaster to get the check back before it was delivered. Without being asked, the friend lent Hilton $50,000 to cover the check. When Hilton ran out of money again, he went back to his landlord and persuaded him to finish and furnish the building. Then Hilton rented it back from him at $100,000 a year...
...live up to the spirit of the exchange. Some 900 U.S. servicemen married Newfoundland girls. Yank troops visited Newfoundlanders' homes; islanders were invited to the Americans' parties and theaters. To all appearances, the hospitable Newfies and the free-spending Yanks had worked out a near-perfect landlord & tenant arrangement with never a thought of breaking the lease...
...Order. This week, like a diligent lawyer checking up on the fine-print clauses, Maclean's magazine stepped in to warn the landlord that the new tenant was not all he seemed to be. Maclean's Ottawa editor, Blair Fraser, wrote an eyebrow-lifting article entitled "Where the Yanks Rule a Part of Canada." He charged that U.S. legal privileges in Newfoundland were out of line, and that Newfoundlanders had no real protection of law against the U.S. forces. Fraser cited examples...
...about Connecticut Boola's parent: Boola is the wholly owned subsidiary of Yale University. The new owner promptly leased the store back to Macy's for 31 years and two months, at an average annual rental of $240,000. Thus Yale became Macy's San Francisco landlord...