The regional governor of Tula, for instance, told a Seventh Day Adventist pastor that if he wanted to rent a lecture-theatre for worship he should ask permission of the local Orthodox priest.

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Stephen Hanson, owner of New York's Blue Fin and Ruby Foo's, says that the monthly rent bill for a healthy restaurant is ideally no more than its sales on one busy day.

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Later that day, I figured out a way to rent a bicycle and took off for Balboa Island.

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