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Golf is considered a boon to both physical and mental health, though almost no one ever looks or feels better after a round. While intended to be a display of self-control, fundamentally it reveals temper. Implied in the $ game's sociability are honor, forthrightness, friendship, kindness, courtesy, generosity and understanding. But nearly nowhere are frailties of character laid barer than on a golf course. After 18 holes with a stranger, you know him. And golfers are as prone as the police to develop fatalistic cynicisms about their fellow...
Squid cookery has been a boon to the wrestling team of Monterey High School since its coach, Bill Grant, discovered the profits in this smoky fund raiser. Working the squid festival and running a $10 eat-all-you-want squid dinner in the school each December, he provides qualifying fees so his athletes can try out for various championship tournaments. "The first $6,000 is for the team," Grant said, "then my wife and I work other outings, such as the Laguna Seca racetrack, and keep those profits for ourselves." Roberto Dixon, a Panamanian who lives in Monterey...
ILFC's mammoth order is an enormous boon to Boeing, which has been reeling from a spate of bad publicity. An Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 ripped open over - Hawaii last month, and several airlines have voiced concerns about quality control on production of the Seattle-based company's 747 and 767 models. ILFC ordered 78 737s, nine 757s, nine 767s and four 747s for $3.7 billion. Europe's Airbus, which has been making inroads in the U.S. market, expressed satisfaction with its $1.3 billion share of the ILFC contract. The only real loser was St. Louis-based McDonnell Douglas...
Chiron's discovery, if verified, could be both a medical breakthrough and an economic boon, because it could lead to a simple laboratory test for the presence of the virus. The company thinks such a test, which would have a ready market at blood banks and hospitals, could generate sales of up to $90 million a year in the U.S. alone. Chiron is looking for a vaccine but warns that the search could take several years...
Certain practical home-turf applications of the kaffiyeh, like wrapping it as a mask around the face during guerrilla actions, are not yet widely attempted Stateside. But Ruether suggests that heavy sales of the scarves, mostly made in Jordan, Syria and the West Bank, could be a small economic boon to the Palestinians. Such social considerations still take a backseat to fashion. "Hey," says Gene Bursage, 19, of Brooklyn, who has worn his scarf every day, and in every temperature, since he bought it last November. "It's a scarf, that's what it is, that...