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...darting birds (they fly at 60 m.p.h. or more) attract sportsmen from all over the world. Ounce for ounce, they are probably the most expensive and evasive targets on earth. To lease a house and a moor, to hire Land Rovers, retrievers, gamekeepers, beaters and expert loaders who keep the guns charged, can cost about $25,000 a week. Even a week's stay at a modest inn costs more than $4,000. Then there is the required costume: "plus twos" (knickerbockers), heavy woolen socks, cleated gum boots, a Husky weatherproofed coat and a snug tweed cap. The sportsman...
Lord Killanin hinted last week that had more nations tried harder to apply other forms of pressure on the Soviets, notably trade sanctions, the I.O.C. might have taken a different line on the Moscow Games. "But the cheapest and easiest way to bring pressure to bear was to ask sportsmen to make the sacrifice," he scolded. "Athletes are defenseless against pressures of one sort or another. Governments must find solutions in other arenas outside that of the Olympic stadium...
...economic effects will be somewhat greater, but not catastrophic. Though trees worth at least $ 1 billion were flattened-including 4% of Weyerhaeuser's total timberlands-executives expect to salvage about 80% of the logs by sawing those not badly scorched into usable lumber. Sportsmen who venture into what was once prime fish and game area on the mountain's flanks will find nearly all life wiped out within a 15-mile radius of the crater. The rivers and state-run fish hatcheries near the mountain have been ruined as breeding grounds for steelhead trout and Chinook salmon. Said...
Everyone knows that a million is not what it used to be, yet the ranks of well-paid entertainers, sportsmen and businessmen are growing. The exclusive club of executives earning more than $1 million grew from only four members in 1977 to 13 in 1978 and to 33 last year, according to the compensation consulting firm Sibson & Co. While major union wage settlements averaged an 8.8% increase, the pay of top executives climbed...
...Olympics are supposed to be for sportsmen, not businessmen. But every four years companies pay dearly to reap the prestige and lucrative sales surge of an Olympic tie-in. The Carter Administration's Moscow Games boycott, though, has turned the summer's expected sales boom into a bust...