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Hard-core climbing buffs may soon be able to approximate such death-defying thrills indoors. In Chicago, a new cliff will soar a breathtaking eight stories from base to summit, and the French are experimenting with ever more realistic simulations of the rugged outdoors, complete with frozen indoor waterfalls...
...curtail service, it would seek an average 19% increase in 1991, less than three years after the previous jump of 16%. First-class postage will go from 25 cents to 30 cents, while rates for second- and third-class mail -- the mainstay of catalog distributors and magazine publishers -- will soar as much as 33%. Business and consumer groups are already organizing strong campaigns against the increases, which the Postal Rate Commission has ten months to vote...
That number could soon soar even higher. In the past, street heroin was 6% to 10% pure and an addict had to take it intravenously to get high. Many cocaine users are unwilling to break through the "needle barrier" and inject themselves, in part out of fear of being infected with AIDS from a shared needle. But for the past several years, less diluted heroin from Southeast Asia that can be smoked has been widely available on the streets of New York, Boston and other cities. At $10 a 0.05-gram bag, the so-called China White is cheap enough...
...Tower (on the left in the model) has * ranked as the world's tallest building at 1,454 ft., but that title is about to be challenged by a planned $500 million tower only three blocks away from the current champ. Code-named Skyneedle, the 125-story building would soar to a height of nearly 2,000 ft. Rivals have criticized the proposal by developers Lee Miglin and Paul Beitler as too flashy and too skinny, with only one-third the floor space of the Sears Tower. But the Skyneedle builders hope to break ground in nine months...
...contests the marketing bonanza now enjoyed by the NFL, and the NBA is doing its best to emulate the success of its fellow professional sports league. But while the NBA's television contracts continue to soar, especially its cable deals, it should join the NFL in going back to high school geography...