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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Karen, 42, began gambling at age eight, flipping baseball cards against garage doors. At 13, she shot craps with boys in the co-ed locker room of Ralston Junior High in Belmont, Calif. As a young married woman, she started going to Las Vegas and the poker tables at Gardena, Calif. "All of a sudden, it wasn't the money anymore," she says. "It was the action, the high." On one occasion, she told her young son to wait on a street corner after school, and she would pick him up at 2:30 p.m. for a dental appointment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gambling: Why Pick on Pete Rose? | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...Mass., believes the growers' fuss is fruitless. It says there will be no confusion between the two products, since labels will read CRAISIN DRIED CRANBERRIES. Craisins will be sold as a snack and as an ingredient in other foods. They can also be found next month in a new Ralston Purina breakfast cereal. But the real question is, Can they sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRANBERRIES: Not Crazy About Craisins | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...Butterfly: 1. Kristen Elias, Penn State, 55.91;2. Anderson, HARVARD, 56.78;3. Sarah Ralston, Penn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Easterns Results | 2/25/1989 | See Source »

Penn's only freestyle victory came in the 100-yd. event, as Sarah Ralston (53.1) held off Sweetser (54.1) and Jill Hutchinson...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: W. Swimming Wins Fourth Ivy Title | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

...corporations seeking to repel raiders can use an ESOP as a way to put a chunk of the company into relatively friendly hands. "Every corporate treasurer is looking at it," says Paul Mazzilli, a principal at the Morgan Stanley investment firm. In recent months, three major corporations -- J.C. Penney, Ralston Purina and Texaco -- spent a total of $1.75 billion on ESOPs to shore up their takeover defenses. Procter & Gamble announced plans in January to spend $1 billion to boost its ESOP from 14% of outstanding shares to 20%, partly to ward off raiders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Own the Place | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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