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...Vernon S&L grew a spectacular 1,600% in just four years, making it one of the 20 largest thrifts in the state. But the S&L was lending money faster than it was coming in, often to projects on shaky financial footing. Meanwhile, Dixon indulged his taste for excess, notably a $22,000 gastronomic tour of Europe and a fleet of five airplanes. When federal regulators finally closed Vernon in 1987, they estimated that Dixon's extravagant ownership left taxpayers with a $1.3 billion bill, until then the largest single S&L mess...
...recording industry. In the U.S., compact discs are packaged in bulky 12-in. "longboxes," which consumers usually throw away. Angered by the waste, such musical activists as R.E.M. and Crosby, Stills & Nash have formed a coalition called Ban the Box to urge record companies to eliminate the excess cardboard...
Since the early 1980s, doctors have operated on fetuses, fixing urinary- tract blockages, for example, or inserting needles to drain excess fluid from the brain. But never before had physicians successfully performed such major surgery in the womb. Harrison hopes that his technique can be used to correct other potentially fatal problems, including large lung or spinal tumors and certain heart conditions. Several experts echoed that optimism. "We're in a whole new era of fetal treatment," said Dr. Eugene Pergament, head of reproductive genetics at Northwestern Memorial Hospital...
Despite Harvard's boast that it provides for 100 percent of estimated financial need, Harvard's estimates often differ wildly from the estimates of a student facing a four-year bill in excess of $80,000, especially when accepting a financial aid package can mean saddling one's self with a student-loan debt of more than...
...hint at shared confidences. Whatever lies nearby -- a fountain pen, a gray glasses case from a Paris optician, his gold-rimmed bifocals -- quickly becomes a prop for Gorbachev's one-man show. When the hands are at rest, his thumbs twiddle, not so much in impatience as with excess energy. He modulates his baritone voice for maximum effect, sometimes dropping the volume so that visitors automatically lean toward him. His lilting south Russian intonation softens the harsh edge of a remonstration...