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...TAKE A HIKE The more crowded our cities and suburbs become, the more we love to get away to the woods. Target Travel Club reports that 48% of families it surveyed like to pitch a tent as part of their vacation. Visits to national parks continue to rise, to a projected 295 million this year from 256 million in 1989. Besides the essentials, campers and hikers increasingly are packing such high-tech gizmos as night-vision goggles and hand-held global-positioning units that help Dad lead the way home without bread crumbs...
...straight quarters of contraction. The number was hailed by optimists as a sign that Japan?s moribund economy had finally bottomed out, and U.S. stocks dropped Thursday on the hint that a Japan-fueled recovery of the Asian tigers was on -? and that U.S. inflation (and a Fed rate hike) would soon follow...
Oona's, which sells used clothing and costumes, is one of the Square's constants and one that caters to the discount crowd. Owner Kathleen M. White says the change in the target market was driven by the hike in residential rents...
Just in time for the summer travel season: higher air fares. Four major carriers -- Continental, American, Northwest and U.S. Airways -- announced a 4 percent hike in their standard domestic leisure rates over the Memorial Day weekend. If, as expected, other carriers follow suit, this third raise for 1999 will zoom fares to an 11 percent increase for the year. It?s a function of classic demand in the midst of a booming economy, says TIME senior economic reporter Bernard Baumohl: "Airlines are experiencing record high traffic by passengers, which has been pumped up by low unemployment, consumer confidence...
...seniors pay for their own meals Memorial Day weekend. Cheapskates. The Phantom Menace Despite lousy reviews, latest Star Wars installment doesn't disappoint, Jar-Jar, though, needs a tranquilizer gun. Cabot House Wins fifth straight Straus Cup for intramural excellence. Has to be something about the long, muscle-building hike to civilization. Miss Universe Pageant Kicks out contestant for being pregnant. Would they have punished the Mr. Universe on the other end of the transaction? Susan Lucci After years of frustration, "All My Children" star finally takes home a daytime Emmy. Nineteenth time's the charm...