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...billion acres of continental shelf over five years for oil drilling in multimillion-acre tracts. The report charges that Clark continues to parcel the shelf in enormous chunks, overriding warnings of an undesirable environmental impact. Clark has postponed a decision on a critical 37 million-acre patch of land off the California coast until after the election, which the environmentalists interpret as a sign that he plans to lease the parcel when it is politically safe. (Clark insists that he is bound by a congressional moratorium until at least...
...ship 9 million of its fuzzy Care Bears, yet still cannot meet demand. Some 25 factories in Japan are turning out tiny robots called Transformers that can be changed into cars and dinosaurs, but 20% of retail orders are going unfilled. Even last year's smash, the Cabbage Patch Kids, which set off near riots in shopping malls, are still in short supply...
...sell the farm, Mother! Disney's Country, like Tri-Star's Places in the Heart and Universal's forthcoming The River, tells the story of a strong-willed woman who fights the banks, the elements and the changing times to keep her God-given patch of land safe for her and her adorable kids...
...Crimson's Paul Kent was the first casualty, adding a patch of thorns to his already treacherous itinerary. But despite some scraped legs as a result of his wrong turn Ken emerged with a first-place finish...
...trend and trivia buffs - ever. Tonka Toys reports well over $100 million worth of orders for its Cy-Kill and 29 other GoBots since they were introduced last January. If Tonka can fill those orders, GoBots will easily overtake last year's $60 million worth of Cabbage Patch Kids. And Hasbro's rival 29 Transformer figures are expected to do as well as if not better than the GoBots. With a handful of other companies also producing versions, the new little robots will have the most lucrative first year of any nonelectronic toy in U.S. history...