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Edward Abbey // This genius of ornery humor hits a tumultuous, eloquent milestone
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Jesus loves me, that I know,
'Cause the billboards tell me so.
- Old road song TUCSON, Ariz. Henry Holyoak Lightcap scans the headlines. "Man
Riddles Giant Saguaro with Shotgun Blasts, Is Fatally Injured When
5-Ton Cactus Falls on Him."
"There is a God," Henry muses.
He reads on. "Chief Engineer on Dam Project Killed by
Lightning: Same Storm Washes Out Coffer Dam."
"And a Just God he is," Henry exults.
Few American writers have displayed this sort...
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Abbey's fixed range in best-buy bonanza claims.
Financial Adviser
; Abbey's new range of fixed rates and tracker deals have been designed to win best-buy status on as many internet sites as possible, according to an IFA. Paul White, from London-based Belgravia Insurance Consultants, said there were some pretty good deals from Abbey but they were over engineered .
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Abbey National to post first loss and cut dividend
The Independent - London
; ABBEY NATIONAL warned yesterday it would incur its first loss since it demutualised in 1989 and would cut its dividend and increase loss provisions in its troubled wholesale bank. Abbey said the pain was part of a strategy to focus on its core mortgage, savings and life insurance business in a bid
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Edward Abbey: A Life
Montana; The Magazine of Western History
; EDWARD ABBEY A Life James M. Cahalan University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 2001. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. xv + 357 pp. $27.95. Edward Abbey was a legend in his own time and that legend has only grown since his death in 1989. Hailed by a generation as a counterculture environmental
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Cautious backing for pounds 8bn Abbey bid; The possibility of a counter-bid is not being ruled out w Abbey chief executive to make pounds 3.3m on options.(Business)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Katherine Griffiths Banking Correspondent ABBEY NATIONAL received a cautious welcome from shareholders yesterday to its proposed plan to sell itself to Spain's largest bank, Santander Central Hispano, in a mainly shares deal which valued the British bank at pounds 8bn last night. The stock
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Advisers' approval could see Abbey dump brands.(Abbey National PLC to rebrand its Scottish Provident and Scottish Mutual products)
Financial Adviser
; ... to concentrate on improving its service to advisers: The change of ownership has given us a sense of renewal. It will be good news for our customers and those who work with us. In a letter sent to its advisers this week, Francisco Gomez-Roldan, chief executive ...
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