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...self-doubt. "Well, Your Highness, you've got a good thing here," he says to Itelo, prince of the gentle Arnewi. But in a vainglorious attempt to rid the Arnewi of a plague of frogs, Henderson blows up their only reservoir. They cast him out of their mini-Eden along with his companion Romilayu, who had warned in vain: "Perhaps it better to guide no other than yourself...
...million for the 15-month period ending in December. The strike losses will all but wipe out these profits, however. That jeopardizes future loans from the government, which are essential to provide the $425 million that Leyland needs to make a new version of its low-priced Mini. As of now, Leyland will need all its skill, resources and bulldog British grit to keep turning out its present line of Austins, Triumphs, Rovers and Jaguars...
...benefits. Filling Canaday Hall entries has long been an unpleasant responsibility for masters of over-crowded River Houses. The Vorenbergs, masters of Dunster House, have had but one volunteer roommate group to fill their 20-person Canaday entry in two years. And understandably so: Canaday has become an artificial mini-Quad; many Canaday upperclassmen must walk as far for dinner at their assigned Houses as Quad people must walk to some classes. Only six River House masters face the no-win task of assigning students to Canaday; but the prospect of having to do so must have lingered...
...Weiger took advantage of the downturn to mass-purchase chassis and their components. When the shortage passed, Weiger opened a 130,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing and assembly operation in Elkhart, Ind. He promoted the star of Midas' 30-model trailer, camper and motor-home lineup: the Midas mini-motor home, known as a Chopped Van. Midas buys the cab and chassis of a GM, Ford or Dodge van, then builds on an insulated aluminum and wood body complete with tub, shower, refrigerator, stove, beds and other amenities. Selling price: $12,000. Midas' sales of recreational vehicles jumped from...
Calhoun describes Feloney's court as "one of the best in the Commonwealth. In a system that is not standardized, where fiefdoms and mini-kingdoms abound because of life-time appointments, Judge Feloney has proved a benevolent baron...