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...into the computer age was a return to its roots as a business news service. In 1850, in the days before wire links between major European financial markets were completed, Baron Julius Reuter used a flock of carrier pigeons to send the latest stock prices from Brussels to the nearest telegraph station, some 100 miles west. By the time the eastward advance of telegraph lines made the pigeons unnecessary, Reuter had launched a general news service that today is one of the world's largest...
Most of the plant's annual production of 130,000 cars will be heading north to Ford's American and Canadian dealers, the nearest of which is only 160 miles from the factory. Ford hopes to use the car to replace the Mercury Lynx, whose sales have dropped from 95,000 in 1982 to 79,000 last year. Though Ford has recovered from losses of $658 million in 1982 and had profits of $ 1.1 billion during the first nine months of 1983, the company's overall U.S. market share has dropped from...
...when the linebackers put theirs on. The only member in his club (34-year-old running backs who get stronger as they go), Riggins is an honorary Hog but avoids the Fun Bunch. His touchdown spike is the most distinctive in the game: he flips the ball to the nearest official. The ceremony has been performed 29 times this season...
...believe it was Mr. Galman, was warded off from the front of the group [as it headed toward the van] by the soldier wearing sun glasses, the left escort. Mr. Aquino had fallen forward to the pavement. Mr. Galman was standing at the rear corner of the van nearest me, his arms fully raised and holding a gun with two hands. It appeared someone was holding his wrists. The left escort fired at Galman from a squatting position near the body [of Aquino]. Galman's arms flew apart, his gun released, and he fell perhaps three yards from Aquino...
Senior Captain Brad Bunney blew away his Cadet opponents in the bell lap of the 800 meters and broke the tape with a time of 1:51 25, a second and a half ahead of his nearest follower...