His name was George F. Babbitt. He was 46 years old now, in April 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. -- "Babbitt"...
By Lisa Sandmeyer THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Except for a little soft dirt, the move of a two-story duplex Sunday morning from S.W. Fillmore to S.W. Western went off without a hitch. It took movers less than three hours to get the 3,000-square-...
APPALOOSA 15, 114mins Just opened THE STARS Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Timothy Spall. THE STORY The people of mining community Appaloosa hire...
A WEDDING between two travelling families went off with a hitch. Between 200 and 250 people packed St Joseph's Church, in Gateshead town centre, for yesterday's ceremony. The celebrations continued at Stormont Main Workingmen's Club in Wrekenton, Gateshead. A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "We...
Advance-fee loans promise to restore a business or individual's credit by holding money in an account to build credit. But there's a hitch -- such lenders demand upfront "fees" of up to 3 percent of the loan's value, and after paying the fee, applicants have no guarantee...
News in brief AVIATION Flights in and out of Britain had to be cancelled last night and many more were delayed for hours after a computer glitch at the main air traffic control centre in Hampshire. The problem occurred at 4pm yesterday, affecting airports across the...
HEARTS players will get their missing wages early this week - with yesterday's win bonus to follow. There was nothing in the bank on Friday morning after a 'technical hitch' - but no anger either from the players. The problem apparently was...
IT WAS bad enough when unknown Charley Boorman that bogeyed double of Albert Square layabout Keith Miller hitched a ride on the celebrity coat-tails of his famous mate Ewan McGregor. But now Bore Man is on his own clogging up BBC2 with his baffling round-the- world odyssey By Any Means....
GENEVA AFP — The world's largest particle collider was stopped on Wednesday, a week after its startup, as a result of an electrical fault, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research CERN said on Thursday. The problem affected a cooling system for high-powered magnets designed to steer beams of...
SAN FRANCISCO The junction of Castro and 18th Street is known as "the gayest four corners in the world", but in fact the whole of this laid-back West-Coast city is a welcoming environment for gay men and women. San Francisco's reputation as a centre for tolerance dates...
Byline: By GORDON BARR Entertainment Editor IT WAS a case of the show must go on at Metro Radio today. Breakfast host Tony Horne arrived in the exotic Maldives this morning for a week of broadcasting. But just hours after jetting in, a technical...
UP TO 150,000 teenagers are facing delays to grants. A backlog has built up after the company hired by the Learning and Skills Council to deliver the grants hit technical problems with online systems and helplines...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Looks like we did it again, and hundreds of you were there to make it happen. Thanks to Paul Miller and an able stuff of dozens, the 2007 STI/American Handgunner World Shoot-Off Championship went off without a hitch. Good times were had by all, and lots...
Want to be a winner? Then hitch your dreams to Mike Francois' star. It's success by association. Francois has yet to fail in anything, his latest venture being the Mike Francois Classic. This year's event, held May 10 in Powell, Ohio, was the biggest and best yet, and a national...
One of my biggest successes this year has been overhauling my diet. Though it was hard at first, I made the shift from eating restaurant dinners and takeout to making healthy meals in my own kitchen. But I was starting to miss my friends and our frequent dining-out dates. So...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a growth strategy, banks commonly acquire other institutions. What is the role of marketing when your bank makes a purchase? If you wait until the acquisition takes place before developing your marketing and communications strategy, it may be too late. An acquisition always...
In his press conference announcing the purchase of new helicopters Defence Minister Peter MacKay made sure to include a snipe at the Liberals. "For years, our Canadian Forces have been in the unfortunate position of not having an option other than hitching rides with allies in order to...
BEST EXCUSE TO DEMOLISH SOMETHING Sometimes to create, you must destroy, at least as proven true by last year's implosion of the Key Bank Tower to make way for the forthcoming City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City. And when you can destroy with the expertise of...
Leading provider of online event management and ticketing services relies on AlertSite's Monitoring Suite to keep ticket sales flowing for over 6,000 user events monthly COCONUT CREEK, Fla. -- To make sure its customers can publish, promote, and sell tickets to their events online and without a hitch,...
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