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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...star-crossed: Friday the 13th in the month of October, on the eve of the second anniversary of a devastating market crash. "I'm telling you, psychology is really funny. People get crazy in situations like that," said portfolio strategist Elaine Garzarelli. Last week Friday the 13th lived up to its frightful reputation. After drifting lower at a sleepy pace for most of the day, the Dow Jones industrial average abruptly lurched into a hair- raising sky dive in the final hour of trading. By the time the 4 p.m. closing bell halted the rout, the index had dropped...
...acquiring respected independent firms, which are becoming a rare breed. In August the company paid $300 million to purchase Britain's Island Records, a pioneer in reggae and progressive rock. Last week Polygram said it reached an agreement to swallow an even bigger target: A&M Records, the label founded by Tijuana Brassist Herb Alpert and promoter Jerry Moss. The price, which was not disclosed, was estimated at as much as $500 million...
Alpert and Moss started the company with a $200 investment 27 years ago in the garage of the trumpeter's home in suburban Los Angeles. A&M, with sales of $300 million last year, has a stable of recording stars that includes Janet Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Toni Childs and Sting. Says Alpert, 54, who will continue to help run A&M after the merger is completed: "We'll have more visibility and more muscle...
...Toronto was reach base on 14 of 23 times at bat, score eight runs, drive in five more, hit two homers and steal eight bases in as many tries. On the base paths he drove Blue Jay pitchers nuts. Like Canseco, Henderson is hardly humble. "I'd say I'm the decade's best lead-off man," he declares. "If people feel I'm one of the best who ever played the game, that's nice to hear." Opposing players call Henderson a hot dog, and frustrated fans in Toronto bombarded him with frankfurters in left field to show their...
...writes music, is the first to admit his technical shortcomings. "I feel that I don't really have much of a musical talent at all. I have enthusiasm and affection and obsession for the music. But I wasn't born with the real equipment for it. I mean, I'm totally eclectic and derivative of the guys I've heard and loved." His one advantage for playing the old-style New Orleans stuff, Woody feels, "is that I am genuinely crude." Another advantage is his ability to reproduce the powerful, wailing tone of the original jazzmen. The biggest compliment...