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...sequel to 1982's barbaric hit, the 7-ft. 1-in. former N.B.A. champion dunks some nasty villains as the warrior Bombaata, who is on a perilous adventure with the shorter (6 ft. 2 in.) but broader Conan, portrayed again with brutish authority by Celebrity Iron Pumper Arnold Schwarzenegger, 36. Also along for the fun and grunts in the film, now shooting in Mexico, is the Amazonian Zula, played by Model-Disco Star Grace Jones, 30. How does Wilt the Stilt feel about trading his hoop spiking for a spiked club? "I figure if I'm going...
...excitement of playing in the Garden, because it was B.C., B.U., Harvard and (at that time) a much weaker Northeastern team, because it was a local event with mostly Boston-area kids, because it was, as both Cleary, now Harvard's coach, and Dempsey put it, "a real adrenaline pumper" playing in the Beanpot...
Typically, the thefts involve a ring of crooks working closely together. First a "pumper," an oil-company employee assigned to watch over an oil well, surreptitiously diverts crude into a storage tank reserved for waste salt water, which is a byproduct of the normal production process. Then the hot oiler, usually someone hired to drain the saltwater tank, pumps out the crude and carries it away. He trucks it to an oil reclaimer, whose business is buying and processing sludgy, low-grade oil. The hot oiler sells his load to the reclaimer for about $15 per bbl., well below...
...entire heist may take less than an hour. Each load earns the hot oiler at least $900, minus whatever kickback the pumper demands. One energetic trucker has boasted of pocketing $50,000 in just six months of steady stealing...
...there really a need for a new pumper? Yes, the old one could not climb steep roads. Were there enough fires to justify a new truck? Absolutely, said someone from the fire department: because wood is cheaper than oil, more people were using their fireplaces for heat, and so there were more chimney fires. Moreover, fire insurance premiums would go down if the town had modern equipment. The purchase was approved...