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...Taiwan and Singapore, have driven up prices at an astonishing rate. One promising complex was the Summit: it's well located, solidly built by a reputable foreign developer (a key consideration in a city where many buildings fall apart), and has all the trappings an expat might want, from indoor pool to cigar room. The trouble was, the asking price for a large three-bedroom had doubled in two years to about $800,000?perhaps a third of what it would cost in Hong Kong, but hardly a steal. In some luxury buildings, prices had surged...
Meanwhile, private citizens can take a number of steps to combat possible radon pollution. They can order testing devices called Track Etch from Terradex, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based firm. If homeowners then detect dangerous concentrations of radon indoors, they should seal cracks and openings in basements with epoxy sealants, ventilate buildings with heat exchangers, and remove indoor airborne dust with high-quality air-cleaning systems. Average cost to radonproof a house: $1,000 to $5,000. Unfortunately homeowners must bear the cost. Many insurance companies have said that they are not liable for radon contamination, and because the substance...
Perhaps the most quixotic quest of all is the faltering effort to establish soccer as a popular American sport. The Major Indoor Soccer League is still limping along with twelve teams, but the North American Soccer League, which played outdoors, disbanded this year. Even so, Peter Bridgwater, majority owner of the N.A.S.L.'s San Jose Earthquakes, is keeping his club together and hopes that a new league will start up. Explains Earthquakes Executive Fred Guzman: "It's a civic matter, like popping for a modern art museum. I mean, what's the satisfaction of owning a string of coin-operated...
...Budd and "bad loser" TV interviews cost her public sympathy and probably a good deal of money in endorsement contracts. But during five months of recuperation and renewed training, she refueled her competitive fires. In January, in her first race after the Olympics, Slaney set a new world's indoor record for the women's 2,000 (5:34.52), and she turned in several other impressive performances this year...
Around this frame of a 1690s French sheep barn, Babcock will build walls of pine siding and insulation and a shingled roof. Protected from the elements, the ancient timbers become an indoor exhibition. The entire project will cost $80,000--something of a bargain, Babcock reckons, for such historic shelter...