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In fact, had the establishment not been present at PBS's creation in 1967, President Johnson--a commercial broadcaster himself (Lady Bird owned broadcast stations in Texas)--would never have green-lighted it.
The Johannesburg Star said that "Mugabe's arrogant disregard for the health of the economy was astonishing," adding that he had failed to consider any of the economic consequences of two politically motivated decisions: 1) ordering his finance minister to "find" the money to pay 50,000 war veterans unbudgeted gratuities and pensions and 2) ordering the seizure of half the country's privately owned farmland, most of which was owned by whites.
Many shops, and also hotels and guest houses, have been owned and managed by the same families for years, and theirs is the welcome of traditional Dublin hospitality.
A tunnel leads to this outstanding privately owned collection of ancient Egyptian, South Asian, Chinese, Persian and, of course, Japanese masterworks.
The neighboring suburb of San Marino was once owned by railroad tycoon Henry E. Huntington (1850–1927), and his fine mansion now houses the Huntington Library (1151 Oxford Road).