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...whole idea of MTV? "In some ways it sounds like it would be anathema," McGrath concedes. "But there's something about Unplugged that's very simple and very clear. You can appreciate that there's somebody out there playing it one time, with no chance to mix it or fix...
...poorly understood and promises unbelievable benefits. It's essentially a large number of satellites and earth-observing stations that will accurately measure the earth's atmosphere. We'll be able to see where the ozone layer has been damaged, for example, and see if something can be done to fix it. It's an indication that NASA funds programs looking at both today's problems and tomorrow's possibilities...
...trying to adjust to a legitimate life. I could go out and steal and set somebody up just like that ((snaps fingers)), but I can't take the chance. I wouldn't last too long in jail. So I'm working. And I'd like to get a house, fix it up, sell it and, you know, things like that...
...notable bright spot. Spurred by the spreading do-it-yourself itch, sales at the sprawling emporiums grew more than 10% a year in the 1980s, while retailing in general grew only about 6%. Even the stormy economy has held a silver lining for some companies, since people tend to fix up their homes rather than buy new ones during a downturn...
...consumers launch summer fix-up projects, many are heading for megastores run by Atlanta-based Home Depot, the do-it-yourself industry's hottest star. Home Depot has grown from four stores with sales of $22 million in 1980 to 145 stores that rang up $3.8 billion last year. Margaret McKenna, who watches the $110 billion-a-year home-improvement and -repair business for Wall Street's Smith Barney, sees "a wide, wide margin in the industry between Home Depot and everybody else...