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Prosperity has brought a wave of petty crime to the cities, mostly muggings and pickpocketing. Even among the poor, however, there is the exhilarating sense that money can be made if only a little entrepreneurial gumption is shown. The latest craze in Chengdu, for example, is billiards. For about $40 anyone can buy the equipment to go into business. The tables are warped, the felt ripped and the balls chipped, but at 30 a game they offer cheap recreation and an easy chance to gamble. If no storefront is available, the tables are set up outside under streetlights. The mania...
...Medicine A consequence of the cocaine craze: women who give birth to infant addicts. Interferon helps prevent the common cold...
...craze heated up this summer, spurred by the Home Shopping Club, a live 24-hour program based in Clearwater, Fla. Started in 1982 by two local businessmen, Roy Speer and Lowell Paxson, the program was originally seen in just 125,000 homes in Florida. After going national in July 1985, the show now reaches more than 10 million cable households over the Home Shopping Network. A rotating crew of 24 hosts with such names as Budget Bob Circosta and Bubblin' Bobbi Ray dangle and demonstrate products, while operators on 400 toll-free lines plug the orders into video-display terminals...
Keeping up with the customization craze, Robert Marc will personalize its sunglasses, below, for an additional $95. Celebrities like Jessica Simpson and Uma Thurman have already had theirs inscribed. For more info: www.robertmarc.com
Americans may have grown flabbier, but many of them have known the value of exercise since 1981, when TIME put the FITNESS CRAZE on the cover...