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...correct, by 1986 revenues for the entire industry could top $500 million. Comet, the familiar household cleanser, is sensibly considering an ad campaign based on Halley's. Retailers, ever alert for novelty, have been drawn irresistibly toward an event that occurs only once every 75 years. Declares Owen Ryan, president of General Comet Industries in New York: "It's the celestial version of the Olympics...
...comet logo, has enticed nearly a dozen businesses to slap the trademark onto products such as running shoes and cocktail mixes. General Comet also sells its own paraphernalia, including elegantly engraved "comet stock" certificates at a mere $9.95 per 100 shares. "We started this as a lighthearted spoof," says Ryan, "but the response has been overwhelming." Two years ago, a pair of air-traffic controllers in Albuquerque launched Astroline Products, selling Halley's pins, caps and traveling bags part time. Now the business is growing at a staggering 15% a month. Says Co-Owner Larry Lawton: "It surpassed what...
...other Bears think he handles himself like a defensive player, a high compliment in Chicago, for this is eternally a defensive team. Ditka's shutout department is run independently by a straight-talking old ramrod named Buddy Ryan, an Oklahoman partial to cowboy boots and farm hats that say HORIZON SEEDS. In an era when most coaches feel obliged to soothe the players' psyches, Ryan is a link to the past. He took one wide look at "the Refrigerator" last summer and declared the Clemson first rounder to be "a wasted draft choice." But this was not an unusual introduction...
Consider the formative years of Middle Linebacker Mike Singletary, the team's conscience. He is now the hub of the "46" defense (retired Kamikaze Doug Plank's old jersey number, a monument to mayhem). However, during Singletary 's rookie season in 1981, Ryan summarily yanked him in favor of an experienced hand of meager skills. After a few minutes on the sidelines, the chastened player murmured to the distracted coach, "I know what I did wrong now. Should I go back in?" Ryan looked at him as if unable to recall who he was. "What...
...Coach Ryan says, "He's improving, but he's got to lose some more weight. If he reports in shape next year, he could be a player. Otherwise, write him off." That would be terribly hard now. As much or as little as Perry is, he personally never claimed to be anything more. This may have been his dignity and surely was his grace. "The Perry thing, as much as anything," Ditka says, "made people think, 'Hey, these guys are having fun.' It was kind of flukish, the way it happened." If the Perry thing gave a sort of melancholy...