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...Look for an original title, a chain of ownership and any award documentation. The more paperwork the seller has, the more valuable the auto. Check that the vehicle identification number (VIN) on the car matches the VIN on the title...
DIED. HARRIET DOERR, 92, Lyrical, Award-Winning Author Who downplayed her social status as heiress to a railroad fortune and won a devoted critical and commercial following with three books, all published after she turned 73; in Pasadena, Calif. Known for her sharply beautiful, economical prose--she could labor over a sentence for an hour--Doerr based much of her writing on time spent with her family in Mexico, where her husband ran a mining business. She returned to college at 65 on a dare from her son, studied creative writing and went on to publish the 1984 novel Stones...
...industrial chemicals. Yet buying health care has remained an archaic, labor-intensive and costly process. Both employers and providers have treated health care as too complex and variable to be put up for online bids. As auction software has become more sophisticated, though, companies are using it to award gnarly contracts for relocation, travel and other complicated services. Today these tools are also being adapted to the health-care market by a handful of firms led by IE-Engine. Its software and services, which cost $200,000 to $700,000, achieve savings by increasing speed and efficiency and by loosening...
...AWARDED. JOHN MILLS, 94, British actor who, during a 70-year-long career, has appeared in over 120 movies; the prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship for his "outstanding contribution to world cinema"; in London. Mills won an Oscar in 1971 for his performance in Ryan's Daughter, and was knighted five years later for his service to film. Previous winners of the Fellowship award include Charlie Chaplin, Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg...
...visionary ABC television executive who is credited with revolutionizing news and sports coverage and creating a string of hit shows including ABC's Wide World of Sports and Nightline; in Manhattan. Renowned for coining "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" tagline, Arledge won almost every award in the industry, including 37 Emmys and broadcasting's most prestigious accolade: induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame...