Word: calif
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Latin American countries knew there was a good chance those countries would default [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, July 2]. They also knew that the U.S. Government would help them out with our tax dollars. Citizens should tell our Government to stop bailing out the banks. Jan Theiss Guffey San Jose, Calif...
John M. Regan San Mateo, Calif...
...rumor in Laguna Niguel, Calif., was that Building Contractor Frederick Penney, 57, embittered by a divorce contest, wanted to hire a hitman to kill his wife. So an agent of the Orange County sheriffs department, posing as a killer for hire, arranged a meeting with the suspect. The upshot, say investigators: a $3,000 contract to kill Susan Penney, 35. Half was paid up front; the balance was due after the deed, which was supposed to look like an accidental fall in the bathtub...
...including the Honda Prelude and Mazda 626, are in demand. But some of the most popular models are in short supply, since Japanese manufacturers have agreed to quotas on their shipments to the U.S. That gives dealers a chance to make tidy profits. Kramer Motors Honda in Santa Monica, Calif., for example, adds a $2,000 markup to the $6,300 sticker price of the subcompact Honda...
...home version of Pac-Man. It saw its sales explode from $30 million in 1976 to a peak of $2 billion in 1982. It spun off famous employee alumni, like Steven Jobs, co-founder and chairman of Apple Computer. Physically, it spread to 49 buildings around Sunnyvale, Calif. But its fall came even faster, as a fickle public cooled to its video games. Losses hit $539 million last year. Not even TV commercials featuring M*A*S*H Superstar Alan Alda could revive Atari. Last week Warner Communications, which has owned Atari since 1976, gave up on turning the company...