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...order to recoup some of his expenses, Potts once attempted to enter "The Master Chassis" in a hot rod show, but his application was turned down because the sculpture didn't fit any of the show's categories...
...West Coast TV unions. A half-hour show like All in the Family costs around $ 100,000-double what it would have cost in 1960. An hour-long variety program like the Dean Martin Show costs about $230,000. Reruns are an important source of profits to recoup such expenditures...
Morris said he would like the Houses to recoup some of the influence over students that they have lost in past years. He said recent pressures to create a racial, ethnic and sexual balance in the Houses, "were so strong and put into effect so rapidly that it strained the House system. The problem is to recover some of the values that existed before...
...campaign. Empty buildings in London are taxed at half their actual value, and Harry-like Howard-can write off many of his losses. In addition, because of soaring land values and rents, the potential profit on Centre Point keeps getting larger. Real estate men calculate that Hyams could easily recoup twice the estimated $15 million in original costs and later expenses that he incurred on the project-if Hyams were in a mood to sell. Meanwhile, Londoners who have watched their city being scarred by developers rushing to cash in on the office squeeze are understandably unhappy to see Centre...
...while. Prime Minister Ian Smith is in trouble with the right wing of his Rhodesian Front Party for having agreed to the settlement in the first place. His renunciations of the Pearce Commission-last week he accused it of "naivete and ineptness"-are intend ed to help him recoup his position with Rhodesia's 250,000 whites...