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  • Ann Hodgman on The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories by Max Apple: One of the pleasures of this book is that Apple makes you feel he knows everything about everything — or at least everything you know nothing about: shot-putting, running a liquor store or a car-salvage operation,

    An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008

  • National Australia Bank gained 2.7% after a newspaper reported that the lender's board is considering replacing Chief Executive John Stewart with the head of the bank's New Zealand operation,

    Asia, Europe Markets Lifted by Wall Street 2008

  • National Australia Bank gained 2.7% after the Australian newspaper reported that the lender's board is considering replacing Chief Executive John Stewart with the head of the bank's New Zealand operation,

    Issues rebound as worry over inflation recedes 2008

  • A R1. 5 billion refurbishment will give the Kriel Power Station in Mpumalanga another 25 years of reliable and safe operation,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • As it brings three previously decommissioned power stations into operation,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Yet, describing it afterwards, people said that he looked almost dreamy at the very instant of the operation,

    The Possessed 2003

  • Bruwer, who intensively studied the flow of funds between various overseas and local bank accounts linked to the secret operation,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • The boy had been getting a right little rep for himself recently, and although Joey was still the mainstay of the operation,

    two women Cole, Martina 1999

  • The officer commanding the multi-disciplined operation,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • Conversely, the firmer walling reduces maintenance and re-building costs that will be necessary after a few years of operation,

    1. Breeding 1998

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