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...nose feel like a paymaster's window. So far, $25,000 has been eaten by the structure. And in thinning his purse, the innkeeper says he has learned something about the Yankee tradesman's sense of priorities. If, for ex ample, the Wolfs' prehistoric heating sys tem goes blooey at 3 a.m., the repairman is Johnny-on-the-spot. If, on the other hand, troubles are not dire, fat chance of finding a fixer...
Flynn, who helped lead South Boston's opposition to court-ordered busing in 1974 and introduced a bill in the state legislature to abolish compulsory education, pledged yesterday that the health of the public school sys- tem would be one of his top concerns...
...assigned by NATO officials. Bombers are dubbed with words beginning with B, such as Blackjack and Backfire, and fighters are labeled with an F, sometimes bizarrely, as in Foxbat and Frogfoot. The MiG and Su designations refer to two major Soviet design bureaus and honor the late Engineers Ar-tem Mikoyan, Mikhail Gurevich and Pavel Sukhoi...
...Senate offers as much carrot as stick. The bill proposes amnesty for the 6 million or so illegal aliens who are already in the U.S. Those who have been here since January 1977 will be immediately eligible for permanent resident status; those here since January 1980 will be accorded tem porary resident status with the prospect of permanent status after three years. Neither group could collect most federal benefits for several years; the bill also proposes block grants for the states to help defray the costs of absorbing those who are granted amnesty...
Despite his language gap, Rabb is regarded by other Western diplomats in Rome as energetic and highly visible, if somewhat unversed in Italian politics and culture. Toon, however, may have a point about the standoffish Gavin, who keeps a low profile and is known for his hot tem per in dealing with staff and press. Refer ring to his country's best-known comedian, one Mexican official suggested...