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...like paying for punishment. After suffering through weeks of numbing winterkill, Americans are now receiving the highest fuel bills in the history of staying warm. Nationally, heating bills are expected to be up an average of 45% over last year if cold weather continues, a still stiff 35% if temperatures moderate. The average U.S. household will spend $270 to $290 for the October-March season, v. $200 last year, and the total national home-heating bill could rise to $ 19 billion by the time March goes -or does not go-out like a lamb. In January, consumer prices generally surged...
...title role, Donald Sutherland has the thankless task of trying to make something positive out of a negation. Heavy-lidded, stiff in his makeup and costume, he never shakes off the lugubriousness that has worked to better advantage in some of his previous roles...
...shapka, a fur (muskrat, rabbit, squirrel, fox or Persian lamb) hat with ear flaps. Everyone wears warm boots; the best are the felt valenki favored by villagers. People who work outdoors wear, of course. Soviet Union suits. After a long spell in the cold, they raise spirits with a stiff jolt of vodka and a hunk of fatback...
There is another reward too that pleases Haley: black children see him as a model for success. One stiff-braided little girl, brought with her class to meet Haley at a Los Angeles bookstore, said matter of factly, "I'm going to write a bigger book than you." Replied Haley: "Come on, honey...
...catalogue is this curious little premium: Would you like to be cox of the HARVARD CREW for an hour at a time to be arranged with Coach Parker? $150 Who, disguised as a mild-mannered crew coach, disrobes backstage at Symphony each Saturday evening to reveal a stiff white collar caked with stale rosin from last weekend's manic rendition of Bruckner's eighth? Seems just about everyone is in on the adventure. And who could resist? With the opportunity to test your skills in the stern of a Harvard boat, you might even find yourself waiting in line behind...