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...couple of first-time home buyers to make their move, which allows the folks they've bought from to trade up, which lets those folks trade up -- and before you know it Century 21 and U-Haul are having banner years, furniture is being ordered, new alarm systems installed, tax revenues pick up . . . oh, happy day. Armageddon postponed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: It's All a Confidence Game | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...week later, I was driving a U-Haul to Boston," says present-day Harvard Hockey Coach Tomassoni, nine years later. "It was the best thing that ever happened...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: Tomassoni and Harvard: Married From the Start | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...dispute at American was essentially about attractiveness. But certain employees, such as fire fighters and police officers, are monitored because their jobs demand physical fitness. Many employers contend that overweight workers drive up medical costs. Says U-Haul International spokesperson Melora Felts Foley: "The people who are responsible for the majority of skyrocketing health costs are those who use tobacco and those who have weight problems." But some health experts disagree. Says Dr. Albert Stunkard, an obesity specialist at the University of Pennsylvania: "The extent to which overweight people have difficulty in obtaining work goes far beyond what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Excess Baggage Is Not a Firing Offense | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

...slip into the house without disturbing seven guard dogs and Shoen's sleeping children. But what was the motive? Police have not ruled out a possible link to the feud between Shoen's husband Sam, 45, and other family members who are battling for control of the Phoenix- based U-Haul International truck-rental empire (1989 sales: $1 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: A Murder in the U-Haul Family | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

...power struggle began four years ago when patriarch L.S. Shoen began turning the U-Haul dynasty over to his 12 children. Since then, son Sam has become embroiled in an interfamily management dispute that reached the level of fisticuffs at a 1989 meeting. The elder Shoen is now attempting to regain control of the company and bring the feud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: A Murder in the U-Haul Family | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

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