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...there is a complication that no one can understand. Commemorative china plates issued in high-priced limited editions by the schlock art industry -displaying grackles by Boehm, farmhouses by Wyeth, Wedgwood heads of Commerce Secretary Frederick B. Dent, and so on-have become the back-up currency of the overheated U.S. economy. Another complication is that Athena, Apollo, that bisexual twit Hermes, and Zeus, 42 ft. tall but disguised, more or less, as a skirt-chasing municipal court judge, have settled in above a Greek restaurant on 18th Street, hoping to get some of the action...
Moulton said the plant's "total energy concept" of providing all energy needs from one central plan equipped with back-up generators and the ability of the affected institutions "to borrow money at a better rate than Boston Edison," will make the power plant "much less expensive" and more reliable than employing Boston Edison...
Ruemelin said there is a "noticeable increase" in the number of students who asked about the Federal Summer Civil Service test this year. For many, a civil service rating serves as a "back-up." The student thinks, perhaps optimistically, that it will land him a job as a government clerk, if he cannot find anything better by June. For others, the rating is a prerequisite for a government internship program, and the competition for these jobs can be stiff. After Ruemelin ran a notice in the OGCP newsletter advertising 15 pre-law internships in Washington 15 to 20 people came...
...response to concern expressed by officials of the Boston teachers union that universities might usurp the responsibilities of high school faculties. Ylvisaker said, "We have been asked in to be supportive, and we want to make it clear that we should be back-up resources...
...song originally recorded by The Monkees ("Take a Giant Step"), or sings with the Pointer Sisters (Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff and Oooh So Good 'N Blues), he creates tasteful, non-commercial music. And last week at Paul's Mall, with the help of his six-man back-up band, his music entwined the sounds of country blues, gospel, jazz, rhythm and blues and reggae. Says Taj, "What most people don't understand is that all musics are related...