Word: jerseyed
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Although MAC sales are now regulated, the Government can do little about the thousands of guns sold under the old classification. Declaring that the MAC "serves no purpose except to kill people," Democratic Congressman Robert Torricelli of New Jersey has introduced legislation that would make it a crime to possess a readily convertible firearm such as the MAC-10. The National Rifle Association considers such legislation a restriction of constitutional rights, but groups like the National Coalition to Ban Handguns see it as imperative. Says the coalition's executive director Michael Beard: "There's no legitimate sporting grounds...
These defensive moves may come too late. GAF (1984 sales: $731 million), a much smaller, New Jersey-based building products and chemical company, has already begun to go after Union Carbide. GAF has bought nearly 10% of Union Carbide's shares and is seeking regulatory approval to increase its stake to as much as 15%. While it may lack the financial clout to stage a successful takeover, GAF could force Union Carbide to hand over a treasured division, perhaps one of its specialty-chemicals businesses, as a payoff to end the hostile raid...
...Columbia University: "It's the American dream to get rich quickly, but the lottery holds up false hope for people. Nobody who has any real understanding of the number 6 million would participate in the game." Arnie Wexler, a recovering compulsive gambler and the head of the New Jersey chapter of the National Council, asserted that the chances of hitting Lotto 48 are about a third those "of getting hit by lightning and dying, which are about 2 million...
...been lining up like antique dealers at an estate sale. Although Clark considers the News the crown jewel of the company, bidders seem more enticed by ENA's highly profitable television stations in Washington, Tucson, Oklahoma City, Austin and Mobile. (ENA also owns nine newspapers in California and New Jersey, and radio stations in Detroit.) Rumored potential suitors include CBS, Hearst, Washington Redskins Owner Jack Kent Cooke, the Tribune Co. and Wesray Corp. (headed by former Treasury Secretary William Simon). Another major contender is considered to be the Gannett Co., the country's largest newspaper group, which reportedly bought...
...Steve's Detailing shops in California, New Jersey and New York City, a squad of six cleans the trunk carpeting, degreases the engine, removes junior's chewing gum from the air-conditioner vents, and scours spilled coffee from dashboard crevices with toothbrushes. In Orange County, Calif., says Artificial- Flower Manufacturer Calvin George, who has his Porsche groomed every three months, "people would think you weren't doing well if you didn't get your car detailed." Imagine what they would think in Beverly Hills...