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White supremacists held a rally near the Omni Convention Center which provoked an anti-Klan demonstration that led to a clash with city police. Meanwhile, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressed a crowd at a local Baptist church...
Seen roaming the halls of the Omni Convention center: New York author and media personality Tama Janowitz. Apparently bored by the political goings-on, she left the convention after less than an hour. Another writer touring the press building: Tom Wolfe...
...make a political virtue out of what began as a logistical nightmare. Having failed to snare the 72,000-seat Louisiana Superdome for its convention, the party was faced with the task of squeezing 35,000 delegates, press, VIPs and security staff into Atlanta's 17,000-seat Omni Arena. The solution: to funnel the overflow into the adjacent Georgia World Congress Center and nearby hotels and then tie the whole conglomeration together with video monitors, shared computer files and electronic mail. The result is a computer system that, the committee claims, "equals or excels ((that of)) many FORTUNE...
...tacky mural of the Lower Manhattan skyline served as backdrop. The band's version of Theme from New York, New York compensated in decibels for what it lacked in finesse. The ballroom of the thoroughly lived-in Omni Park Central Hotel was too small and too warm for the hundreds crammed together like rush- hour commuters on the A train. But the atmospherics last Tuesday night mattered not at all. Chants of "Duke! Duke! Duke!" alternated with cries of "Let's go, Mike!" And when Michael Dukakis paused before speaking, his usually constricted smile was as broad and welcoming...
...risky stocks and bought into blue-chip issues. Result: even when Wall Street tried to rally, the small stocks were left far behind. The worst performers among the high-growth funds included 44 Wall Street Equity, which has lost more than half its value since Oct. 15, and Security Omni and Leverage Fund, which each lost at least 38% of their assets. Many of the "sector funds," which focus on a single industry, also turned out to be a bad choice. Funds specializing in leisure-time goods, oil-service companies, electronics and automotive products fell an average...