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Pass the passport.(First Person)(passport problems)(dealing with bureaucracy)
FEBRUARY, 2003. I was in Los Angeles editing a film. I called my son, Benjamin, in Normandy and suggested he visit for a few weeks. He told me that he'd lost his Australian passport, so I pointed out he could use his British passport (Benjamin was born in England, in 1967, while I was working there) and I would arrange for a new Australian one. This would be easy, I assured him, as people must lose their passports all the time.
A couple of days later I called the Australian consular office in Los Angeles and was told it was closing down in an economy drive. They gave me the number of the office in Washington DC. I phoned the Washington office, explained what had ...
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FRANKLIN, Mass. -- Benjamin Franklin Bancorp (the "Company"), the holding company of Benjamin Franklin Bank (the "Bank"), today announced...chartered mutual holding company (known as Benjamin Franklin Bancorp, M.H.C.) to a Massachusetts...
- Benjamin Moore giving its paint retailers a makeover.
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...Tribune Business News Sep. 29--Benjamin Moore, the Montvale-based company...redecorate to protect their investments, Benjamin Moore believes the makeovers will...and strengthen its market share. Benjamin Moore, which has about $900 million...
