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...that southernmost Florida island. Like Morgan, they are given to drinking in seedy bars, fishing in the Gulf Stream and insulting tourists. Nowadays the tide of tourism is enough to make the Harry Morgans pull up anchor and put out to sea. The place known affectionately as "the Last Resort" is fashionable again...
...release of taped transcripts of the hearings. These reforms are procedural and therefore do not require a full Faculty vote. But, as Besvinick observed, the reforms were meant to work as a whole "What good does barring legal counsel do, when the students have no appeals board to resort to?" she asked...
...curb demand after April 1 if such moves become necessary. The most likely step: limiting the crude oil and gasoline made available to refiners and dealers. Another possibility is the mandatory closing of gasoline stations on Sundays and evenings. However, Schlesinger ruled out, at least for now, any resort to outright rationing of motor fuel...
Ironically, those who resort to lying on résumés are often capable people. Stephen Guptill, 34, had just been appointed secretary of the office of elder affairs in Massachusetts when reporters learned that in applying for his first job Guptill had falsely claimed two degrees still on his resume. Said Guptill, when forced to resign: "I made a stupid mistake 14 years ago, and nine years of hard work and dedication to the elderly is being ignored...
...descriptions of big-ticket real estate offerings (minimum asking price: $250,000) whose total value on a given day may reach more than a billion dollars. Some of the items on the block at last month's market day an interest in an $80 million Palm Springs Calif, resort, a British island in the Pacific, a $10 million bank in Aspen, Colo and $850,000 worth of property in Dallas...