Word: aluminum
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Every corporate sponsor comes up on camera to hand over a check. There are the folks from Reynolds Aluminum, who've been recycling aluminum all year not only to help Jerry's kids, but also to achieve energy independence for America. There's ERA Realty, and there's 7-Up, and Cross Pens. Every time a CEO comes out on stage, he makes the same small joke. "I've got a little check here Jerry...for $2.6 million." They smile sweetly while Lewis grins maniacally, they dutifully promise to raise even more next year and yea unto the generations...
...passengers could buy aluminum chips to use in the one-armed bandits. The machines were set by S.A. to pay out 90% of the take in winnings, which is above the 50% at some gambling casinos but about the same as payouts at Nevada hotels. After takeoff, 148 of the 330 passengers aboard requested time at the slots and attempted to line up the familiar combinations of bars and cherries. The jackpot payoff of $100 was signaled by three pictures of S.A.'s logo, a stylized bird. Said Toronto Psychiatrist Jon Ennis, a passenger on the flight: "Little...
...industrial sector of any state in the U.S. is Charleston International Airport. Among the companies that have set up factories within an easy drive of the twin-runway airport: Cummins Engine, Du Pont, Levi Strauss, Memorex, Celanese and Exxon. Says Michael Kazeef, a manager for Alumax Inc., a leading aluminum producer: "In Washington State, the airport is 120 miles from our plant and going there was a big inconvenience. For any large company, an airport close by is a necessity. Vendors, salesmen, parts, cargo, company officials, you name it. We use the Charleston airport every...
Phibro, for example, already sells alumina, the material used to make aluminum, for Guyana. If that South American country some day needs a new hydroelectric plant to supply power to an aluminum smelter, the Salomon Bros, wing of the new company could raise the capital for the plant, and the Phibro one would then market the final product. Said Hal H. Beretz, 45, the president of Phibro: "The parts of this merger are unique. There's nothing out there that is going to match this combination." That attitude was the driving force behind last week's merger announcement...
Hobie Cats come in sizes ranging from 14 ft. to 18 ft., but the most popular is the Hobie 16, which sells for about $3,000, plus some $400 more for a package of extras like a colored sail. More than 50,000 of the aluminum and fiberglass vessels have been sold since the model was launched in 1971, and Hobie 16 races and regattas are now part of the summertime scene from Laguna Beach to Long Island...