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...Products, a toy firm, notes that the price of some of his plastic items will be the same this Christmas as last. The reason: "Manufacturers have not been given a reduction in the price of materials. Since December, the cost of polyethylene has gone up about 3 cents a lb." Executives at the floor-coverings division of Dan River Inc., in Greenville, S.C., are less than elated with the results of the oil-price drop. The fibers that the company uses come from such petrochemical giants as Du Pont and Monsanto. So far, says Frank Loftin, a Dan River marketing...
...missile, which has been criticized by some Pentagon officials for poor test performance, succeeded in twice disabling a Libyan SA-5 radar station. Fired from the wing of a Navy A-7 Corsair jet, the missile homed in on signals emanating from the radar. A 14-ft.-long, 800-lb. weapon, HARM carries a 46-lb. high-explosive warhead over a range of about 40 miles. The Libyan radar resumed operations within hours of both attacks, but during a full-fledged battle, that would allow time for U.S. bombers to knock out the missile launchers...
...three other naval "targets" with uncertain results. Designed initially as a surface-to-surface weapon, it scored one of its kills from an A-6 Intruder jet equipped to carry it. The 15-ft. missiles skim the waterline at 600 m.p.h. and smack into the target with a 500-lb. warhead. Powered by a small jet engine, the Harpoon has a range of some 50 miles...
...break from the American Ballet Theater's six-city tour to try a little whale dancing last week at San Diego's Sea World aquatic park. Trading his tights for a wet suit, the A.B.T. director jumped into a training tank for a pas de trois with two 900-lb. Pacific whales. An avid supporter of the Save the Whales campaign, the Latvian fed the leviathans some fish and performed an impromptu water ballet with them. "They're so powerful yet so gentle," he enthused. Speaking for the whales, Trainer Jennine Antrim spouted, "They were very responsive to him. They...
...teenagers at close quarters who'll remind you of the captain of your high school football team and his cheerleader girlfriend, and you'll have correctly guessed their roles in the film. Off center, in the corner, there is a small, hazy picture of a 98-lb. weakling in a tux. That's Lucas. He's the guy the movie's about...