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...relentless effort to track down the elusive "mystery mailer," a reporter conducted a phone interview with Hildegarde S. Freedman, who runs an introduction service for "distinguished intellectuals and professionals." The conversation was suddenly interrupted by the sound of a phone ringing. A metallic voice could be heard saying the words, "white male, 21, North House...
Modern travel, it seems, is nothing more than the relentless pursuit of the unique. Or perhaps more accurately, the escape from the familiar. But more and more, unique places are beginning to resemble each other, if not in substance then in style. Back-to-the-land yuppies escape to Vermont en masse looking for that perfect crafts fair only to discover that their upper-East Side neighbors are sitting in the BMW in front of them in the interminable traffic jam on the way. Local eateries on country roads in Louisiana are replaced by Wendy's, while diners in Boston...
...their attempt to justify the B-2 by providing it with a mission, advocates have argued that the bomber could be used to hunt down and destroy Soviet mobile missile launchers. But the allied air campaign's failure to silence Iraq's Scuds after four weeks of relentless searching has strengthened skepticism about the B-2's ability to locate Soviet missiles concealed in millions of acres of forests in the U.S.S.R. Opponents argue, furthermore, that the $70 million F-117A stealth fighter-bomber is not only a lot cheaper than the B-2 but also brilliantly effective; according...
That skill undoubtedly helped him during his hardscrabble rise through Sverdlovsk's construction industry in the 1950s. His relentless drive against pilfering and wage padding angered some fellow workers but eventually attracted the attention of Communist Party recruiters. Yeltsin became an ordinary member in 1961, at the age of 30, and did not join the party hierarchy full time until seven years later...
...Mart's relentless efforts have yielded remarkably rapid growth. Just 10 years ago, company sales of $2.4 billion were less than 12% of Sears'. But in the past three years, while Sears' North American retail sales (including those from 131 Canadian and Mexican stores) have grown only 14%, from $28 billion to $32 billion, Wal-Mart's have doubled, from $16 billion to $32.6 billion. Sears' overhead expenses still consume 29% of sales, and K mart's 23%, but Wal-Mart's burn up only 16% of sales. Wal-Mart workers are more productive than Sears': they generate an average...