Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lights go up, the audience is transported to a mythic New York City underworld in which all of the guys--and a curious policeman--are desperately trying to find out where Nathan Detroit (Nick Davis) is going to hold his famous floating craps game next. Meanwhile, over at the Hot Box dance club, Nathan's fiance of 14 years, Miss Adelaide (Lisa Tornell) is putting on another show with the dolls...
...black luxury limousine. Former Arbitrager Ivan Boesky, looking gaunt and subdued, pleaded guilty before a federal judge to one count of violating federal securities laws. Boesky, 50, who is the leading man in Wall Street's biggest stock-market scandal, remains free until his sentencing in August. The Detroit-born son of a delicatessen owner, who amassed an estimated fortune of $200 million through his dealings, and who still lives on a 200-acre New Castle, N.Y., estate, faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine...
...controversy underscored the growing dilemma of waste disposal in the U.S. In Islip and hundreds of other towns across the country, landfills teeming with accumulated trash are leaching their wastes deep into the ground, threatening to contaminate underground water supplies. Big cities such as New York, Detroit, Miami and Chicago have begun burning part of their garbage, thus saving the water but running the risk of polluting...
...comes the cash: Cleveland's potent Joe Carter, who hit .302 with 29 home runs, 121 RBIs and had 29 steals in 1986, fetches $46; Detroit's injury- prone slugger-speedster and amateur airplane pilot Kirk Gibson goes for $41. More than five hours later, the auction closes with the march of the scrubeenies, the cheap players who fill out everyone's roster. There are still some good buys for those who have husbanded their money, either by design or dumb luck. The Moosers grab Milwaukee's Cecil Cooper for $3, the same price that Nova pays for Catcher...
Brief visits, however, can work beneficially. Five years ago, Ellen Rancilio returned to the Detroit area to live with her father after her marriage broke up. She only stayed seven months, but "it made us much closer," she says. Indeed, the experience was so positive that she would not hesitate to put out the welcome mat when her own three sons are grown. Declares she: "If they needed help like...