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...company was focused on the ground: it gradually began offering more and more components to the auto industry, from visor brackets to complete roof systems. As the order books bulged, so did Stronach's paycheck--by 1987 he had become Canada's highest-paid executive. Around that time, Magna's engineers developed the Torrero from the company's components inventory to drive home a point: it's not the parts that matter; it's how they fit together that counts. Dennis Blommers, a plant manager for Magna's Decoma division, which specializes in exterior systems, has been along for much...
Construction will not replicate the tower as itwas when it burned--copperclad and adorned withclocks on all sides. Rather, the building willmirror its 1878 appearance, with colored slate tomatch the roof and a bevy of copper crockets,pinnacles, parapets, fenestrals and finials...
Most importantly, final clubs are dangerous. Not only have female guests often found themselves in compromising situations, but the clubs also constitute a potentially hazardous environment for the surrounding community. Last year, three students were arrested for throwing bricks from the roof of the A.D.--an irresponsible act which could have resulted in serious injury. In this light, it is understandable that the graduate boards of the four clubs have expressed concerns over "alcohol-related incidents," "accidents" and "property destruction...
...though it remains limited. Two weeks ago, I joined an American delegation from the Atlanta-based Carter Center to observe a township election of government officials and People's Congress representatives in China's Sichuan province. When we arrived in Banqiao (pop. 1,987), a hamlet of thatch-roof houses and muddy roads, the villagers had gathered on the basketball court of a local school to elect three representatives to the township. People's Congress. There wasn't a lot of choice: four candidates, all picked by the party, for three seats...
...They took too much from me to be playing around with $50,000," says Barker from the porch of the rundown farmhouse with the peeling paint and the rusted tin roof...