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...help pay its $20-a-day winter food bill, the sanctuary is asking conservationists to become "foster parents" to a fowl of their choice. For $10, the proud "parent" receives an announcement of the "adoption," a drawing of a bird and visiting privileges at the preserve for a year. The sanctuary has so far collected more than $2,000 in adoption fees, all from people who presumably would rather see a bird do its own stuffing this Christmas...
...Smith in Tallahassee suggested that residents should take a bath only every other day. Frostproof (pop. 2,814) belied its name, recording 27°. But the real novelty was snow-snow as far south as Miami and Boca Raton. "I feel sorry for these people working on a $100-a-day suntan," said Alex Ballora, pool manager at Key Biscayne's Sonesta Hotel. "What do you say when a guest comes up and asks you for an electric blanket...
...former P.L.O. representative who had been gunned down a few days earlier on a Paris street. Traveling on an Iraqi passport issued in the name of Youssef Hanna Raji, Abu Daoud made no effort to disguise his easily recognizable features. He breezed through immigration and checked into his $33-a-day room...
...delay seemed worthwhile. The silver-and-chocolate-colored trains, guided by computers, glide at speeds of up to 75 m.p.h. on cushioned rails. For security, there are TV cameras that tilt, pan and zoom, as well as cops on every train. Many of the stations will feature $1-a-day "Park & Ride" lots for motorists, "Bike & Ride" racks for cyclists and even "Kiss & Ride" lanes for commuters who are driven to the train and dropped off. What with inflation, the system will cost $4.65 billion in stead of the originally budgeted $2.5 billion. Only 4.6 miles have actually been opened...
...fighting mood when the strike deadline approached. Finally, after a marathon negotiating session, the union broke off talks, and the strike was on. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Samuel Adams later found five union leaders in contempt of court for continuing the strike-and imposed a $25,000-a-day fine against the union for every day the schools remain closed...