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When Ernie Parker and four partners decided to start a minor-league hockey team in Lafayette, La., five years ago, the nicest thing they heard was laughter. Now all they're hearing is cheers. The Louisiana Ice Gators (get it?) led the 28-team East Coast Hockey League in attendance their first four seasons, averaging 10,500 fans per game--more than the (nominally) Big League New York Islanders drew this year. Of course, the Gators are a winning team, at week's end up two games to none over the Peoria Rivermen in the ECHL finals...
...first varsity lightweight boat finished third in its race against the East Coast's best teams...
...Brick Towers, one of the largest low-income housing complexes in Newark, N.J. When he graduated from law school in 1997, instead of taking a job with a six-digit salary, Booker successfully ran for city councilman in a place that has perhaps the gloomiest reputation on the East Coast. Newark for years has ranked among the worst cities in the country for violent crime and poverty. And yet, Booker says with a straight face, "this city is the land of milk and honey"--only minutes from the wealth and culture of New York City. "The tragedy of Newark...
...Yorker cartoons--told 100% realistically. No Man Friday. No "bamboo bicycle that powers a generator," as Hanks puts it. "The influence of Gilligan's Island on our national psyche has been extremely powerful." To prepare, Broyles spent a few days with experienced survivalists on a remote Mexican coast, carving spears to catch sting rays, which he ate raw because he couldn't build a fire...
Another of your stories, "Seattle Sequel" [BUSINESS, April 17], incorrectly stated that Angola has $12.2 billion in "IMF debt service." Angola has never borrowed from the IMF and hence owes nothing. The other three countries cited with "IMF debt service" of $54 billion--Vietnam, Sudan and the Ivory Coast--in fact owe the fund a total of $2.5 billion. THOMAS C. DAWSON Director, External Relations International Monetary Fund Washington...