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...comeback was fueled by a $42 billion increase in consumer spending, largely as a result of a surge in auto sales. But that boom may prove to be short-lived. Many consumers raced into car showrooms in response to a barrage of cut-rate financing deals, which will soon expire. Others are deciding that it makes sense to buy a car this year so they can write off the entire sales tax, which will not be possible in 1987 under...
Among the unwelcome additions are anorak, or parka, which the dictionary carefully attributes to Eskimos, not Anglophone backpackers. Other offenders: auto-stop, auburn and bacon. To those who cannot abide Franglais, as English words used in French are called, each such entry is a babelisme, which the new dictionary defines as the "degradation of a language by the invasion of foreign words...
...someone to do an incredibly thorough job of what-ifs (what if the Patriots had William Perry, what if the Colts knew how to play, etc.) Super Sunday Football allows players to play against another player or against the computer. It's even possible to set the computer on auto-play; just sit back with a beer and some potato chips, and watch your computer play ball...
Another similar simulation, Computer Baseball by Strategic Simulations, Inc. ($40), lets you manage one of many baseball teams. And that's still not all. With auto-play, head-to-head or player vs. computer options, the game also comes with 20 past and present teams already entered, and allows players to add even more...
State Department of Public Safety statistics from the law's first year, moreover, show that it is effective. Serious auto injuries have dropped 23 percent, which means that 1706 fewer people have been hurt in the first eight months of 1986 than in previous comparable periods. A department survey showed that an estimated 35 percent of Massachusetts citizens now use seat belts, compared with 19 percent one year ago. It doesn't take a particularly complex calculus to justify a yes on Question...