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...points 20 years ago as the summer of 1967 erupted into the Fire This Time. Ghetto despair gave way to grotesque destruction: 43 dead in Detroit, 26 killed in Newark, injuries and arrests in the thousands. By September more than 100 cities had been scarred by rioting, an alphabetical roster of shame that stretched from Atlanta, Boston and Cincinnati to Tampa and Toledo. National Guardsmen patrolled the streets, and a federal commission probed the causes...
...surprisingly, at the same time that the game has become hitter rich, it's also gone pitcher poor. The American League this year even had a reliever with a four-plus earned run average on its all-star roster...
...past two months, rumors have been flying that Southland Corp. was ripe for takeover. A roster of raiders were said to be eyeing the company that operates the ubiquitous 7-Eleven chain of 7,700 convenience stores and owns 50% of Citgo Petroleum. Last week the family that holds a 10% interest in Southland made a deft maneuver. John, Jere and Jodie Thompson, whose father Joe founded the firm in 1927, offered to buy the rest of the company for $3.8 billion, or $77 a share, and take it private. Just seven weeks ago, Southland stock traded...
...couldn't get him out of my mind. There should have been a way for me to make contact with him." Thus was born the Freeway Singles Club, a mail-forwarding service whose participants pay $35 for a numbered decal that identifies them as members. The group has a roster of 2,000 in Southern California and has expanded to 16 states...
...size of today's Government has become a problem in itself. There are 20,000 people now serving the Congress, virtually a separate government, which simply by political weight intrudes more and more into Executive matters. The White House, responding to that gauntlet, has 1,600 people on its roster. The thing they all do best these days is accuse one another and then argue...