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...pull the rope, and won $1,750,000. The real story, the trial lawyers point out, is that a 32-year-old doctor, who had no history of heart trouble, fell victim to a heart attack after futilely yanking the lawn mower's starter cord 15 times. A Philadelphia jury found that the mower's exhaust valve failed to meet the manufacturer's own specifications, hindering start-up to the extent that the rope indeed had to be pulled with excessive force. The jury did award $1,750,000, but the case was subsequently settled for an undisclosed amount...
Meanwhile, the interest-rate plunge has roused a sleeping giant: the housing industry. Last week mortgage lenders were charging about 10% on 30-year conventional, fixed-rate home loans, compared to 13% a year ago. Says John Duffy, president of the Philadelphia Board of Realtors: "We are just seeing an absolute avalanche of buyers coming in." The surge in the home-building industry will spread to many related businesses as well, from furniture makers to shingle producers. The number of housing starts reached an annual rate of 2.1 million in January, up from 1.8 million the previous month...
...same stage at the same instant, until Brian singled and stole second in the first inning and Hal followed with a walk. Pausing only for the usual sidelong glance of teammates on base, they both went on to score in a 7-5 Kansas City Royals victory over Philadelphia...
...statements about them are false. The action struck down rules in Pennsylvania and eight other states that had put the burden of proof on media defendants to show the statements were true. The case arose when Maurice Hepps, principal owner of a beverage- and snack-retailing chain, sued the Philadelphia Inquirer for reporting that his chain might be connected with organized crime. For the majority, Justice O'Connor acknowledged that the decision would cause plaintiffs to lose when "evidence is ambiguous," but she concluded that the "Constitution requires us to tip" toward protecting speech. Justice John Paul Stevens...
...most aggressive of Ma Bell's offspring has been Philadelphia-based Bell Atlantic. Its businesses outside the basic telephone field, which include a computer-repair chain and a financing operation, accounted for $427 million of the company's $9.1 billion in revenues for 1985. Bell Atlantic executives hope to branch out even further, by entering the property-and-casualty insurance business...