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their asking price they decided to sign back the offer at the full asking price the real estate agent informed them that the buyer had refused to accept the signed back offer which therefore was now null and void well alright well accept the first offer then the husband replied but the buyer had cooled off and was now no longer interested the couple never again received as good an offer and finally months later had to sell for considerably less there is a lesson here for many home owners who do not realize that a signed ffer is a legal obligation to buy if they as much as change one word it may make the offer worthless think well before you sign back an offer if it is a fair offer it may also be your best offer ever remax markville realty ltd realtor open a standard trust savings account and you gould win a for two plus 1000 in travellers cheques you could win a luxury cruise for two plus 1000in spending money you will also automatically receive a luxurious sun towel free with a prime 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be successful in a world market peterson said in the meantime all of our competitors are making plans to step boldly into the future he added he cited singapore as an ex ample they have plans to double the number of engineers they are pro ducing in the next four years but our postsecondary institu tions are not keeping up with the demands of the hightech world he said he told the audience funding for these schools has been below the inflation rate for 10 years and his government is committed to changing that the skills of our graduates must match others around the world and existing business must keep up with production changes so they can be on the leading edge of technology at this point in our history canadian production methods are not looked on favorably in the in ternational arena he said a japanese businessman re cently said this coutry has an in dustrialized standard of living and third world production methods in an effort to make canada more competitive in the future the govenment has set aside a 1 billion excellence fund to be admi nistered to research facilities and major universities over a 10year period the purpose of the fund is to encourage high technology re search and development we have to put a premium on new discoveries said peterson the future of canada lies in brain power not commodities softball game on wednesday millikens armadale north mixed softball league is holding an exhibition game 630 pm wednesday in a bid to get enough players for a fourteam loop new registrations are welcome at the game being held at de nison park on denison st just east of kennedy rd for more in formation contact chris ma- jsztrik at 4793089 you are cordially invited to attend a tax and investment workshop would you like to pay less tax this workshop will discuss effective methods that can be used by 98 of taxpayers topics why you should act now to reduce your 1987 taxes proven ways to invest successfully and reduce taxes safe investment alternatives to term 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