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...many states across the U.S., tenant lists have become a growth industry. "It seems to be an idea that is catching on," says Paul Jenney of Springfield, Mass., whose Landlord Reports Computer Service will, for $4, deliver a profile of any one of 100,000 Bay State tenants who have ever butted heads with their landlords. Denver-based RentCheck boasts a coast-to-coast network; its subscribers control 2.5 million rental units, some 10% of the % total U.S. rental housing supply...
...Best and the Brightest of Kennedy's day fought World War II to save the possibilities of freedom, helped rebuild war-ravaged Europe as a bulwark of the West and launched the world's free-market economies on the greatest surge of growth ever. Even if the tragedy of Viet Nam is entered on the debit side, this record of achievement remains a challenge for their children to match...
Though the Baby Boomers have spurred the growth of the black middle class, there are as well an increasing number of unwed black mothers in the Baby Boom generation who must support their children on a pittance. "When you talk about two-parent families," says Frank Levy of the Urban Institute, "blacks have made gains in closing the gap on whites." The median income for a black family headed by a married couple ages 35 to 44 was $29,908 in 1983, not far behind the $35,600 average for whites. But the 43% of black households headed by women...
...differently than most cattle. Developed by Fred Grant, a former banker, and named for his farm Windabrae (Scottish for windy slope), these cattle graze on grass for the first two years of life and are then fed a diet of high-quality silage and beer. Grant uses no growth hormones or other chemicals, and the meat contains 84% less fat and 43% fewer calories than regular beef. Cuts ordered by TIME from the Brae Beef Shop in Stamford, Conn., proved to be by far the best of the four varieties; the various bright ruby red cuts were extraordinarily juicy...
...Buttrio, a leading builder of steel mills and manufacturer of steelmaking equipment, she is a high-heeled boss in a hard-hat world--and a remarkably good boss at that. While much of the global steel industry has been depressed for almost a decade, Danieli has achieved phenomenal growth, earned record profits and built a worldwide reputation for excellence in an exacting field...