Word: owners
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...weeks ago. But even an economic boycott would not have had much immediate effect. For example, South Africa reportedly has stockpiled a three-year supply of oil, it has the technology to produce more oil from its virtually unlimited cache of coal, and a friendly nation, Iran, is co-owner of South Africa's major refinery. An economic embargo would surely hurt some of South Africa's vulnerable trading partners, however, including Britain and a number of African states. South Africa now trades directly with twelve African nations and covertly with a dozen others...
...Restaurant at the Orson Welles closed last Friday after the owner failed to obtain a court injunction against striking employees, while lawyers from both management and employees at Steve's Ice Cream in Somerville met for the first time yesterday in the course of the five week strike...
...acceptance of prostitution is growing, although this may not necessarily lead to decriminalization. PUMA's activities have won some increased support for the prostitutes, but it is unlikely that its efforts to educate the public will significantly speed up the general process of loosening society's restrictions. The bar owner from Baltimore at the party went as far as saying prostitution will never be legal because "the excitement of doing something illegal is what turns most people on." But one PUMA members scoffed at this reasoning, saying, "I've known enough tricks to know it's not true...
...Chelsea, Mass., building-materials jobber, has been "on allocation," as he puts it, from Certain-Teed since May. Now he must place orders by mail instead of telephone; Certain-Teed then calls to ask where Ki] duffs allowed two weekly truckload should be sent. Complains William Rich owner of a Wellesley, Mass., insulation-installing firm: "I'm backed up four months Since July I have been getting 300 to 400 bags of fiber glass a month, and I need a minimum...
...construction worker, Zerilli rose to underworld prominence during the Prohibition era and reportedly built a narcotics, prostitution and loan-sharking empire that annually netted $150 million during the '60s. Although he repeatedly denied that he was involved in organized crime-maintaining that he was simply the owner of the Detroit Italian Baking Co.-FBI bugging transcripts linked him to the underworld. After the 1975 imprisonment of his son, Zerilli came under scrutiny by police investigating the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa...