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Since 1900 there have been 26 quakes resulting in serious loss of life, including the storied upheaval that shook San Francisco in 1906, killing 700 people. Other great quakes of the century, with estimated death totals...
DETROIT. Mich. A pro scout in the press box shook his head as he turned to one of the other scouts. His eyebrows were raised and his mouth was open. "I don't believe it. I just don't believe it," he muttered...
White's share of the farm-equipment market had fallen from 10% to 4%, partly because the company rarely made model changes. In 1972 Knudsen budgeted almost $17 million in research and development of new tractors, trucks and other machines. He also shook up the company's network of dealers, making each responsible for selling all of White's machines instead of only one line. (The company markets farm equipment under the Minneapolis-Moline, Oliver and Cockshutt nameplates.) Still, says Knudsen, "in marketing and merchandising, the farm-equipment business is just about where the auto industry...
...Italian inhabitants of the Chicago Lawn area heard a sound they instantly mistrusted. Recalled Mrs. Pat Kjos: "I was in the basement, and I heard a plane go over. I just knew it was in trouble. It was much too loud. Then all of a sudden the whole house shook, and the electricity went. When I came up, I looked across the street and just saw black smoke...
This year Birnbaum moved to London, whence he covers the European cultural scene. His resemblance to Actor George C. Scott makes for easy ice breaking. At one point Ullmann introduced the correspondent to Swedish Film Director Jan Troell, calling Birnbaum George C. Scott. "Poor Troell bit," says Birnbaum, "shook hands eagerly, apologized for not having recognized such an important star and wondered whether he might discuss a little project that he had in mind. Liv collapsed in shame and laughter and blew my imminent stardom...