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...Brady commission confirmed that heavy trading of speculative "derivative products," like stock-index futures, exacerbated the October crash. It is obvious that futures, options and their kin are securities and should be treated as such. Their trading should be regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fact that they are now regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has simply turned the securities markets into commodity markets...
...Retton. "I have no contract and cannot advertise my services for hire," notes Soviet Backstroker Sergei Zabolotnov, who earns $583 a month as a swimming- coach-in-training. The Soviets, too, mutter darkly about drugs, and with reason: some U.S. athletic officials suspect that abuse of steroids and their kin is indeed more widespread in the U.S. Says Dr. Robert Voy, chief medical officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee: "If I had to guess, I'd say we do a little worse...
...American politics, shows of familial affection have always cloyed, but things are out of hand. You can hardly see the candidate through the thicket of loving kin. Mr. and Mrs. Dukakis danced and smooched and hugged so effectively in public that George Bush, faced with an ominous family gap, counterattacked. First, with typical maladroitness, he patted his wife's fanny in a Dan Rather interview. Then at the convention, Bush's handlers improved his style by putting his procreative powers (five children, ten grandchildren) on display. Now, it seems, George and Barbara are constantly seen holding hands...
...church outlawed polygamy in 1890, and its renegade status now attracts the unstable as well as true believers. Fueled by the perceived injustice of Singer's death, his increasingly fanatic kin nurtured quasi- religious fantasies. As the ninth anniversary of Singer's death approached, either Vickie Singer, 44, or Addam Swapp, 27, had a vision that John's resurrection would lead to the Second Coming of Christ...
That is especially true when it comes to concrete: while the flamingos and , their kin are concentrated up front, near the highway, the enormous side yard is filled with concrete birdbaths, statues (including Jesus, St. Francis of Assisi, gnomes, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck), decorative paving stones, planters and fountains, all neatly stacked in piles up to 6 ft. high. Most impressive is Harper's collection of concrete animals. He has 20 types of deer alone, ranging in size from a miniature fawn up to the just departed buck, and 18 kinds of frogs. There are also lifelike rabbits, geese...