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...constitution has proved hardier than poor Carl's. In fact, the Gorman years have seen the L. L. Bean operation grow into a giant business, with nearly $120 million in net sales expected this year. To begin with, there was motivation. "When Leon took over, it was sink or swim. Old L. L. had always said, 'I'm getting three square meals a day from this and I don't need a fourth.' And at 94, you can bet to hell L. L. wasn't humping it too hard," Andrews says...
...Oriental, and Near Eastern art. The brick structure, to be built on the site now occupied by Allston Burr Hall, will also house a 300-seat lecture hall in its basement. "It's incredibly dense--sometimes while working on it, I've had the feeling it's going to sink into the ground." James Stirling, the building's architect, said this week...
...course, it took a while for the realization to sink in. Up until the Second World War, L.A. managed to hide itself behind its silver screens, and the news from the Coast was usually good. People were dancing out there. And singing. And repenting. During the war, though, a whole new style of movie started skulking out of the Coast. The French labelled it film noir, but coining the phrase was about as close as Gallic sensibilities could ever get to it. No Frenchman could truly understand a city like L.A., and that, metaphorically at least, was what film noir...
Sisitsky said there is not enough public support to rescind Proposition 2 1/2. "We need time and events to let it sink in and let the people feel the effects," he said, adding that pressure from cuts in police and fire protection would "force events...
...rather than by the government. It is also one of the most consistently profitable international airlines (1980 earnings: $23 million). Swissair's strategy is to pamper its passengers, especially business travelers, who make up an astonishing two-thirds of its customers within Europe. First-class flyers, for example, sink into seats covered in brown leather instead of common cloth, and they can listen to music over stereo headsets rather than through plastic earplugs...