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...refrigerators and washing machines, a water-treatment equipment firm and a phototypesetting product line, Singer's management is clearly concentrating on reducing a debt that now exceeds $700 million and increasing earnings that peaked in 1973 at $94 million on $2.4 billion in sales. Throughout Singer's fling with multinational conglomeration, its oldest product never stopped making money. In 1974 the consumer-products division, chiefly sewing machines, earned $34 million and is thought to have turned a profit of $36 million...
...Dray came on strong in the shotput, outdueling Jiggetts for a measure of revenge. The Boston College ace's best effort nestled to the earth after defying gravity for 54 ft., 1 3/4 in. Meanwhile, Jiggetts could muster only a fling of 51 ft. 3 in. for second place honors...
...hours' sleep." How then did Reagan win the governorship twice without exhaustive efforts? The answer: His two opponents, Pat Brown and Jesse Unruh, were easy setups for him, and it was the staff that burned the midnight oil. An adviser who helped direct Reagan's 1968 presidential fling says: "Things have come pretty easy for the Governor. Really, he's never been tested hard...
Unlike "crazy socks," last winter's fun fling, baglets are selling mostly to fashion-conscious women between the ages of 20 and 40. They should be around, say department-store buyers, at least until next spring. New York Designer Albert Capraro is so confident of the vogue that he has designed minis for tunics, jumpsuits, sundresses, pajamas and long gowns. "They are very sexy," he says. "Toward evening when they are slung lower on the hips, they are even sexier...
...Boston Marathon of the rowing world, featuring rowers from across the land coming out of their shells to pull the ol' Pocock for a final fling. It's 2830 oarsfolk, almost 600 of them women, all on hand to cruise the Charles for the eleventh annual running of the Head of the Charles Regatta. The three-mile affair kicks off tomorrow morning at the crack...