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...best New Age music, however, feeds a largely unarticulated hunger for an alternative to juvenile rock 'n' roll and formula pop. As much of rock has degenerated into pallid imitations of Led Zeppelin, and the wallets and midsections of the baby boomers have fattened with age, new vistas in pop music have opened up. Major labels such as Warner Bros. and CBS, which releases the recordings of Harpist Andreas Vollenweider, are issuing New Age recordings, and Gramavision has signed up New Age Musicians Steve Halpern and Kitaro...
...first many beverage companies were paralyzed by the problem, having successfully produced the same old-favorite brands year after year. Now suddenly the liquor, beer and wine companies seem to have hit on the right formula for keeping their customers in a drinking mood. They have decided to win over the members of the baby-boom generation, who were raised on soda pop and feel no compulsion to acquire a taste for Scotch, with an outpouring of wine and liquor coolers, fruity cordials, sparkling wines and cocktails...
...underestimate our problems. We have not yet found the formula for a more effective and lasting improvement of the economy. We are not applying the results of science rapidly enough. Some of our products are not competitive enough, and the organization of work leaves much to be desired...
...Lites chain of fast-food restaurants seemed like a surefire formula for success in the health-conscious '80s. Its menu was designed for the slender set, featuring such fare as vegetarian pita-bread sandwiches, diet cheeseburgers, frozen yogurt and light beer. The chain grew from one Atlanta outlet in 1981 to about 100 restaurants in 19 states last year. But now D'Lites may be down to its final few bites. Company President Jefferson McMahon, a former Arby's executive who was hired only last November to tighten up D'Lites' management, abruptly quit the top job last week...
...sprint since returning to the track last February, finished third and posted her best postpartum time. Slaney ran a mile a few days after Ashley's birth, and "expects to be back in shape in a couple of months." Set your stopwatches, and not just to time the baby formula...