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...random lucky breaks instead of any smart-money trends. Indeed, the hottest property on the N.Y.S.E. was Allied Products, a Chicago agricultural-equipment maker that bucked an industry slump by producing cultivating implements designed to help farmers cut energy costs. Republic Gypsum, a Dallas manufacturer of wallboard and asphalt roofing, thrived on the Sunbelt's homebuilding boom. California's Mattel bounced back from last year's worst-performers list by turning away from electronic games in favor of dolls like those in its deliriously successful Masters of the Universe line. Rollins Environmental Services, a Wilmington, Del., firm that handles industrial...
This lack of knowledge is unfortunate. The Erie Canal and its tributaries do, in fact, offer something for everyone. The canal system provides shippers with an inexpensive way to move high-bulk goods like sand, cement and asphalt. It gives pleasure boaters a safe way of getting from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. It even offers the salmon who migrate through Lake Ontario an easy way to reach their spawning grounds. "Some salmon still fight the falls," explains Gunnlaugsson. "But the smart ones wait below the locks and go upstream with the boats." -By Peter Staler
...eight-lane structure consists of a rubber surface supported by a rubber waffle understructure, resting on an asphalt base, which experts say gives it enough flexibility not only to increase speed but also to reduce fatigue and decrease the chance for injury...
...tough at first, but I learned quickly." Adds his father Wally: "He could always drive fast. The only time the cops caught him was when he was asleep." Sure, but what about racing in the big leagues? "I'll win," says Johnson, proving that even on asphalt his cocky confidence doesn't change...
...Fonda's litany tidily summarizes the full range of contemporary American leisure activity, it is no wonder that Jackson is in the air everywhere. The pulse of America and much of the rest of the world moves irregularly, beating in time to the tough strut of Billie Jean, the asphalt aria of Beat It, the supremely cool chills of Thriller. Thriller has been on the Japanese charts for 65 consecutive weeks, and local teen idols are copying Michael's moves and even singing some of his songs. Thriller is also South Africa's top seller: "Jackson, you might say, bridges...