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Investors queue for shares as British Telecom goes private
...delay. For example, it provides heart transplants (110 this year) entirely at government expense, but there are waiting lists of up to a year for all such complex surgery. Though the principle of first come, first served is fair in its random way, rather like a London bus queue, the delay inevitably kills off a certain number of applicants...
...hearts of film buffs, Harvard Square and Casablanca are practically synonymous. Harvard students in the '60s used to queue up for hours outside the Brattle Theater to see Dooley Wilson croon for bogie and Ingrid Bergman. Watching movies has always been a favorite activity of college students and Harvard Square and the surrounding area offers ample selection. The high concentration of theaters makes for a lot of selection, and has brought an unexpected side effect. Most of the Square's theaters used to be aggressively low rent, the kind the management keep almost completely dark between shows...
Many debate the point. Noting that Budd got her citizenship papers in a matter of weeks while others have been waiting up to two years, the Times of London observed primly that in England "queue jumping is frowned upon." There are other critics. After setting a British junior record against an undistinguished field last week, Budd was pressured to withdraw from a tune-up race last Saturday in Sussex because officials said they feared antiapartheid demonstrators. Jane Furniss, England's No. 2 middle-distance runner, says of her new competitor: "When our flag goes up and they play...
...none the more palatable for that. Nor did the market like them much; collectors who saw the late work as much more than the repetitive spoutings of an old man raging against death were few and far between. Lear à l'espagnol, no doubt, but one need not queue for tickets...