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...exam in question, candidates were asked how they would respond to a problem on the job--for example, a series of housebreaks in a particular area. "Everyone there was a nervous wreck," Dottin said, mentioning time pressure, the presence of out-of-town examiners, and ambiguously worded questions. The officers were graded on their answers' similarity to a prepared list of solutions...
...dairy farmhouse, purchased in 1980 for $160,000 and given to his church. The televangelist's Thomas Road Baptist Church pays the household utilities, as well as health and life insurance. Falwell drives around Lynchburg in a four-wheel-drive GMC truck and boards a small jet for out-of-town trips...
During migration, birders tend to show up late at the office, or seem to need a day or two extra to complete out-of-town business. Even a Saturday trip to the dry cleaner's has been known to take two hours or more. In spring, Nature Writer Lola Oberman carries binoculars around her Maryland house all day, just in case a good bird appears at a window. And bumper stickers saying I BRAKE FOR BIRDS had better be taken seriously: on the highway, birders have been known to lose control when a good bird flies over. Pete Bacinski...
Cohen, who is in his fifth year as president of the Harvard Square Business Association, is known for touting the city as a tourist attraction. He helped create Cambridge Discovery, a city tourist service that runs the information booth next to Out-of-Town News...
...owner of Out-of-Town News, who got his start in the publishing business as a newsboy in Cambridge, is nicknamed "the Mayor of Harvard Square," said Jim Smith, who volunteered with Cohen on the Cambridge Adult Education Center Board of Directors...