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...much for caution. In test-happy America, the SAT has since become a kind of academic icon and a national rite of passage for college-bound high school students. Every year more than 1.3 million of them take the 2-hr., 30-min. multiple-choice exam, which is intended to measure students' reasoning skills, math and verbal, as well as their readiness for college. High SAT scores -- perfection is 800 on each half of the exam -- have acquired the cachet of quality. Suburbs lure prospective home buyers by touting the SAT records of their high schools' graduates. Colleges boast...
...THEIR SHELLS. There is more to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles than movies, TV, comics, toys, candy and juice drinks. Now they have their own concert tour, destined for 40 cities through 1991 (this week: Milwaukee, Oct. 10-14; next stop: Detroit, Oct. 17-21). The 90-min. audience-participation show features many live-action characters familiar to turtle fans, including the metal-cloaked villain Shredder. With humor aimed at parents as well, this could be a perfect first concert for kids. Ready for pre-schoolers dancing in the aisles...
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...Vegas now works overtime to provide fanciful family fun. The Mirage, which features a tropical theme, boasts white tigers, a 20,000-gal. aquarium and a 54-ft. mock volcano that erupts every 15 min. in pina colada-scented fumes. Diversions at the nearby Excalibur include jugglers, jesters and jousting knights. Youngsters can win prizes at a boardwalk-like Fantasy Faire, while marriage-minded grownups can don medieval costumes and say their vows in the Canterbury Wedding Chapel...
...John Phelan unveiled a plan to move the N.Y.S.E. to 24-hour trading by the end of the decade. "There is some volume going overseas, and we'd like to capture some of that volume back," he said. The transition will begin later this year with 15- to 45-min. after-hours trading sessions that will be handled by computers. Next year the Big Board plans to have stock auctions at 8 p.m., midnight and 5 a.m., with each stock trading at a single price...