Winchester gains show mixed May economic indicators
Virginia Business Index reports Winchester up in nine indicators for May, with eight rising or stable and two declines. Key figures include city index up 8.7 percent, bank debits 4.3 percent rise, building permits 0.8 percent, electricity 7.8 percent, newspaper advertising 12.7 percent, postal receipts 3.4 percent, and retail sales up 10.7 percent, while non agricultural employment data are unavailable.
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Winchester
College of William and Mary
Max B. Jones
Totav
Tapic
After 188 Years Fourth of July Still Unstable If Not Insane
HAL BOYLE notes America marks independence 188 years later with calls to ponder freedom amid safer fireworks rules yet rising auto fatalities during the holiday weekend. He cites classic quotes on liberty from Jefferson, Hobbes, Lincoln, and Wilson, then defines pewter as tin alloyed with copper antimony lead and sometimes bismuth.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Thomas Jefferson
Jackrabbit Shifts Color Patches to Change Fur Tone
A jackrabbit can move the white patch on its lower sides by contracting skin muscles. It transfers the brown back fur to one side and replaces it with white side fur, effectively altering its color pattern at will.
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John Palen
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Joseph
Bascom Hal
Hile Dosughlingen
Palen
Dixie Beverage Company
Aeschylus
Euripides
John Milton
Thomas Hobbes
Pascal
Lord Byron
Spencer
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
Pine Motor
Simmer
Northern Virgini Power
Guzik
Gully
A& Jury
Mea
Ine
Morty Meekle
Jackson Twins
Jill Jackson
Garage
Nancy
Shaker
Blondie
Dagwood
Snuffy Smith
Doc
Beetle Bailey
Ben Casey
ALION
Wilson Welding Supply Co
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