Word: coasters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would think twice about buying costly new energy-efficient equipment. Some economists fear that the industrial nations could once again become dangerously dependent on unstable and unreliable foreign oil supplies. Says William Cline, a fellow at Washington's Institute for International Economics: "We could be on a roller coaster, and if the price drops too low, it could later shoot up again even higher, say to $50 a barrel...
...radio any longer, but at $52.95 it could hardly be a match for this year's $39.95 portable AM-FM that also carries the audio portion of TV channels. Still, the misty veil of nostalgia only enhances the appeal of a Lionel electric train set ($12.79), all-steel coaster wagon ($1.98), 26-piece doll-house ($1.98) or 15-in. mohair Teddy bear...
Thursday was another roller-coaster day. In the morning the bulls routed the bears and sent the Dow up nearly 16 points by 1:30 p.m. Then rumors that New York City's Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. might suffer heavy losses on loans to the Mexican government, which is having serious financial difficulties, helped drive the Dow down 14 points in the next hour. When the report was denied by the bank, the market staged another furious rally, and the Dow ended the day up 9.14. After the passage of the tax bill on Thursday night, the market exploded...
...more than anyone to help me make a movie on budget. While we were preparing Raiders he would tell me, 'You've got a $50 million imagination with a $10 million thought behind it.' " Together, the two young tycoons built plenty of twists into their roller coaster of a plot, brought Raiders in under its $20 million budget and made it one of the top four money-earning films in the U.S. The other three: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Jaws...
...human side of his museum's roller-coaster history means a great deal to Carney Gavin. A bluff, bulky, gigantically affable man, he makes friends--and remembers their names--with instinctive ease. He saw that his cause carried little weight among the administrators: he had no money. So Gavin, a practicing Catholic priest, turned to his last resource: people. He marshalled a vast army of eager volunteers out of thin air, and by the mid-'70s, hundreds of area professionals and students were helping him put his museum back together again. He once even piled the entire Harvard football team...