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...cylindrical, two stories higher than the main body of the structure, with a copper conical top. Equally heartening is the graceful design applied to a humble fertilizer and hay-bale storage shed for a garden center in Raleigh, N.C. Local architect Frank Harmon unapologetically used homely materials (plywood, corrugated fiber glass) but observed lucid symmetries. A row of birthday-candle-like light bollards stands outside, handsome and functional...
...there were sighs of relief at AT&T, there were whoops of joy at the Kansas City headquarters of U.S. Sprint. Last week the two companies landed the biggest telephone contract in history: to replace the cranky, 25-year-old federal long-distance telephone system with a modern, fiber-optic system that would be capable of transmitting not only conversations and data but also video images. The deal, which is worth upwards of $25 billion, was a boon for AT&T. The company recently projected an annual loss for this year of up to $1.7 billion -- its first in more...
...rapidly going to the dogs. Cats too. A growing number of nutrition-minded pet owners have started watching what they feed their furry friends. Worried that Fido has heart trouble? Serve him low- cholesterol biscuits baked by Lick Your Chops of Westport, Conn. Is Kitty overweight? Try a high-fiber, low-fat regimen from Hill's Pet Products of Topeka, Kans. At long last, people who buy fresh pasta and wheat germ no longer have to settle for plain old puppy chow...
YEREVAN, U.S.S.R.--Rescuers working around the clock with every-thing from their bare hands to fiber optic cameras have pulled more than 18,000 people from earthquake wreckage, officials said yesterday...
Competition from rivals MCI and Sprint hastened the move. Both companies can undercut AT&T's tolls on long-distance calls because their networks use fiber- optic cable almost exclusively. The light-wave lines, which transmit a signal faster than ordinary cables and produce clearer sound than satellite communications, form less than half of AT&T's telephone grid...