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...since Yankee pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson swapped lives, wives, kids, dogs and bungalows in 1973 has baseball forecast such a sexy spring. Wade Boggs, the Boston Lothario, and the retired Padre Steve Garvey are proving that the movie Bull Durham, which featured only one Baseball Annie, was a little light on realism. In a stunning show of sportsmanship, Garvey's new bride has offered to adopt any children he has pending from two other relationships. Sensing that New York might be lagging in perdition, outfielder Rickey Henderson declared that the Yankees "were too drunk" last year...
...weather forecast--clear skies and mild temperatures--was favorable for launch. Only the possibility of strong high-altitude winds gave any concern, and NASA officials said wind conditions at midnight were acceptable...
Whether or not that optimistic forecast comes true will ultimately depend on the quality of the paper, which is the province of editor Jane Amsterdam. A respected veteran of the glossy Manhattan Inc., Amsterdam has moved slowly since arriving at the Post last May. While she has curtailed most of the Murdoch-era excesses, revived the paper's credibility and boosted staff morale, the Post still retains much of its traditional gamy flavor. DEVIL- LOVING TEXAS TEEN NABBED IN MOM'S SLAYING was the headline over one story last week...
...meeting its fiscal goals. Any jump in borrowing rates would raise to even more astronomical levels the huge cost of bailing out the S & L industry. While the Administration put the total ten-year price tag at $90 billion when it announced its rescue plan last month, that forecast was swiftly raised to $126 billion. Last week Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady said the cost is now expected to reach $157 billion...
...years since the first national census was taken, the population of the U.S. has grown from about 4 million in 1790 to nearly 247 million today. Last week the U.S. Census Bureau predicted the eventual end of that era of uninterrupted increase. In 50 years, the bureau forecast, America's population could peak at 302 million and then begin a slow decline before stabilizing at 292 million...