Word: owner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That prediction is already coming true. According to Harold Seybert, owner of Fairway Fruits & Vegetables on Manhattan's West Side, such fruits as papayas, mangoes and kiwis can no longer be considered exotic. "I sell 100 cases of kiwis a week, with 33 in each case. That's 3,300 kiwis," he marvels in disbelief. "The yuppies will buy items that are different, regardless of price." Pointing to a Mexican green-skinned cherimoya ($6.50 each), which resembles a large hand grenade and tastes like a creamy apple (hence the , nickname custard apple), Seybert says, "I sell 80 lbs. a week...
...projectile was apparently launched during training maneuvers by an F-14 fighter from the Naval Air Station at Oceana, Va. While the Navy insists it had announced over marine radio that it would be conducting exercises in the area, a spokesman for Sun, the ship's owner, said the captain heard no warning...
Trinidad is not a major cocaine center. Some locals are bitter that more modern cities farther south are siphoning off the side benefits of the cocaine trade. "Five years ago half the hotels and restaurants were filled year round with narco traffickers," sighs Jorge Lorgio Zambrana, 48, a hotel owner. "Now I guess they go to fancier places." Lorgio Zambrana is cynical about the operation. "We have a saying here: When you trim grass, it grows in more abundantly than before...
...turned out to be John MacDougall, 25, a part-time engineer at a satellite transmission facility in Ocala, Fla., and owner of a home-dish dealership whose business had been hurt by scrambling. MacDougall pleaded guilty to the unauthorized transmission of an interfering signal. If a plea- bargain arrangement is accepted, he will be fined $5,000 and sentenced to one year of probation. In a statement, MacDougall said he took the action to "focus public attention on a problem that affects millions of Americans." But he acknowledged, "In retrospect, I realize the means I used may not have been...
About 130 investigators from the FDIC arrived at First National early last week to close it down, claim its books and transfer its accounts to the new owner, Los Angeles-based First Interstate (assets: $50 billion). First Interstate reopened the bank the next day, so the institution's 33,000 account holders never had an opportunity to panic over their money. The FDIC will pay First Interstate $72 million to take over the accounts and assume $1.2 billion in First National loans. The deal should turn out to be a profitable plum for First Interstate's expansionist chairman, Joseph...