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...that Chinese fans are easily pleased, but expectations are rising. Beijing's Workers' Stadium was two-thirds empty for Man U's game; fans in the same arena jeered Real Madrid's halfhearted showing. Players will only "do what they have to do to drive the interest," suggests Rob Mason, managing director of London-based sponsorship consultant firm SBI. "There are signs fans are getting wise to this." That's something to tackle next summer...
...Isle of Man is standing in for Yorkshire, while, for reasons clear only to Classic Media, holder of the rights to Lassie, everyone on the set is required to stick to the fiction that Lassie is being played by a single dog named Lassie. Actually, three collies named Carter, Mason and Dakota share the part. "We have the stunt dog, the running dog and the picture dog," trainer Mathilde de Cagny whispers. "We do a little bit of makeup on the picture dog to darken him up. He's lighter than the others, so we had a special dog colorist...
...message that contraception is bad is often reinforced by parents, who are loath to admit that their children are sexually experienced. "I went to my mom five different times to see if she could at least get me to a doctor to get me on birth control," recounts Nancee Mason, 19, from Pontiac, Mich., who has a nine-month-old son. "But my mom is the kind of person who, if you mention sex, she turns all red and clams...
Many market watchers believe the rally will keep rolling in 1986. Says Mason Sexton, president of Wall Street's Harmonic Research: "You don't stand in the way of this bull if you value your life." He thinks the Dow will probably pierce 1600 before declining grudgingly. David Bostian, president of Manhattan's Bostian Research Associates, is optimistic about the longterm outlook for stocks but warns that the bulls may stumble in the next few months. Says he: "We're way overdue for a steep correction. An investor should not be doing aggressive new buying...
Whatever Kerkorian's motives, associates say his intentions are clear. "Kirk tends to be a long-term investor, and don't let the fact that he's 87 fool you," says friend Mason, suggesting that Kerkorian will wait patiently for a GM turnaround. Says Ralph Whitworth, a financier who worked with Kerkorian in the '90s: "He's not a control freak. He just likes to get good returns...