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...residents of Eucla, the affair was great fun. Not surprisingly, they kept reporting new traces of the mysterious nymph. Last week Patupis proposed to capitalize on Eucla's newfound notoriety by building a vast tourist complex, complete with gambling casino. After all, he reasoned, "we must not let this worldwide publicity go down the drain...
...kidnapped, shipwrecked and left to fend for himself out in the Scottish highlands with only his newfound friend, bonnie Alan Breck (Michael Caine) to defend him. David Balfour (Lawrence Douglas) has, in short, the kind of adventures that turn boys into men and classic books into movies. Any further resemblance to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, however, is practically coincidental, and indeed nearly slanderous...
Domestic producers cannot be so prompt because they have laid off fully one-third of their 110,000 skilled workers in the past two years. Replacing them may be difficult; a major employer recently phoned six former tool assemblers before he reached one who was willing to leave his newfound, more secure job to return to the volatile world of machine tools. Thus in this sensitive sector of the economy, there may be a long wait for the prosperity that President Nixon has promised...
Last year, capitalizing on his newfound speed, he won $97,251. This season, however, he is Pfc. Smith and, in return for the Army's allowing him to play in selected tournaments, he must donate his winnings to the U.S. Davis Cup Fund. Last week, Smith had no regrets about donating his $15,000 purse to the fund. Scheduled to be discharged in December 1972, he knows there is a lot more money where that came from...
...their burrs. Belfast Catholics hate the Scottish troops even more than the English because the Scots have been in the vanguard of many of the arms searches in Catholic homes. Besides, they are predominantly Protestant. The three fusiliers were probably lured away from Kellys by their assassins, posing as newfound drinking chums. On the city's outskirts, a few residents heard gunfire, then saw a red Mini car, carrying men whose heads were covered by a blanket, speeding away from the area...