Word: owners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that he is a Michigan restaurateur, he has picked up on a modish tax idea and applied it to his business. He is handing out rebates to customers. "This is my way of saying thanks," says Han, owner of Pontiac's WE or West-East Ethnic Restaurant...
When he first came to the U.S. in 1975 at the urging of a relative, Han survived on odd jobs and welfare. Last year, on his way to English lessons, Han noticed an A & W Root Beer stand for rent. The owner was so impressed with Han's determination to get into business that he gave him the place free for a year. Han took $1,000 in savings and remodeled the stand into a 40-seat restaurant...
Maurizio Massaria, baritone, owner of a tobacco shop, another kidnaper...
...isolated country cottage in the Aube region of northeastern France was easy pickings for burglars, who regularly made off with furniture, children's toys, sheets and kitchenware. After a dozen such thefts, Owner Lionel Legras, 50, operator of a local garage, fastened some shotgun cartridges to the inside of a transistor radio and locked it in a cupboard; he wired it to a timer that would detonate the shells 90 seconds after the radio was moved or switched on. Outside, he posted a warning: ENTRY PROHIBITED...
...incident to a French cause celebre: he filed suit against Legras, seeking $22,000 in damages. Even more galling, as many Frenchmen saw it, he nearly got his way. After a month-long dual trial, a court let Burglar Rousseau off with a two-month suspended sentence. As for Owner Legras, however, while no damages were assessed against him, he was declared guilty of using excessive force to defend his home. His sentence: eight months, suspended...