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...Chow-like Keeshonds prowl the grounds. A new, detached sleeping house has a tile roof, unlike the flammable thatch of the main house. Beside the beds are stacks of ammunition, shotguns, pistols and Belgian F.N. automatic rifles. In the hall are a telephone and a battery-powered two-way radio linking Louw to the Centenary post. Even with all this, though, Louw does not feel safe. 'There's money to be made here,' he said, 'but what good does it do if you don't live to spend...
Beginning in 1965 with a brick and tile company that had been rapidly deteriorating, Fuqua Industries has grown quickly with the acquisition of many other firms...
Fuqua got a listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 1965 by obtaining controlling interest in Natco Corporation, a Pittsburg, Pa., based tile manufacturer. In 1965, Natco's revenues were $14 million and its stock was selling far below board level. In 1967, when the company was renamed Fuqua Industries, revenues climbed to $60 million and in 1968 topped $200 million...
...darkness just before dawn, police silently began closing in on the sleeping village of Cicala (pop. 1,913), perched in the desolate mountains of Calabria at the southern tip of Italy. As the armed men crept into position behind walls and over tile rooftops, the villagers were suddenly awakened by barking dogs. Even before the police knocked on his door, Antonio Mancuso, 35, a local carpenter, knew it was over. "No," he shouted, "I won't open." An instant later he changed his mind and surrendered docilely...
Pulling out of Sydney's ancient Central Station at 3:15 p.m., the Indian-Pacific glides through a suburban sea of red tile roofs and manicured backyards planted with lemon and orange trees, past platforms packed with schoolgirls in turquoise tunics and schoolboys in maroon blazers. Aboard are 144 passengers, the train's capacity. They are young backpackers headed west, retired couples on an endless vacation, students, and an assortment of tourists...