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There are as many families waiting in line for the world's longest, highest, fastest, scariest roller-coaster ride (just about every park claims the ultimate) as there are for the elephant ride or the multimedia screen show or the placid monorail to nowhere. City children will spend hours playing with small animals; other young visitors may take a dozen consecutive gut-wrenching rides or spend rapt hours trailing wandering minstrels. Many TV-age adults see live shows and big-name concerts for the first time-and possibly the last, until their return to a theme park. Notes California...
...them, a devastating 53° plunge, bottoms out 92 ft. below the crest. Riders have lost wigs and false teeth in the 60-m.p.h. near freefall. St. Louis' Six Flags boasts the Screamin' Eagle; No. 1 in the Guinness Book of World Records, it is the longest, fastest, highest coaster. Its hills are less precipitous- 45° to 50°- but it features a series of close-set hills that repeatedly , flash passengers from zero G to 2.75 Gs. Other great wooden coasters include the Great American Scream Machine near Atlanta and the Twin Racer at Kings Island...
...unlike their predecessors -who sometimes administered more kindness than medical competence-F.P.s usually have the skills to match their versatility. Before they are certified by the American Board of Family Practice, the fastest growing U.S. specialty, F.P.s must pass tough exams. Beginning next year, all new family practitioners will also have to complete three-year residencies. Now available at more than 300 hospitals, these residencies expose the fledgling F.P.s to a wide range of training-from basics of surgery and cardiology to obstetrics. Every six years they will be re-examined to make sure they have kept up with...
Stephen had no intention of founding a new business, but 26 years later, after steady but unspectacular sales, his grill has caught fire. It is one of the fastest-selling outdoor cookers in the country, and Stephen's factory in Arlington Heights, Ill., is humming trying to keep up with demand. Though the Weber Barbeque Kettle costs more than many competing models (the suggested retail price is about $80 for the 22½-m. version), sale's are increasing at 25% to 40% a year; in 1976 they reached more than $20 million. The grills are catching...
...first major health legislation, President Carter has decided to intervene on behalf of the impoverished medical consumer. In a program expected to be sent to Congress this week, the Administration is demanding tough restraints on the fastest growing U.S. medical bill, hospital costs, which last year totaled $55.4 billion. What is more, the proposal is only the first step toward Carter's long-range goal: comprehensive national health insurance...