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...move that may strengthen Coca-Cola in its never-ending battle with PepsiCo for soft-drink supremacy. Coke intends to sell to the public 51% of the stock in Coca-Cola Enterprises, a mammoth group (estimated 1986 revenues: $3.2 billion) of bottling and canning operations that have been spun off from the parent company. This initial stock offering, which will be the largest in U.S. history, will raise up to $1.7 billion...
others. And I felt sick -- not in my mind, but actually sick: my head spun, my heart contracted, my nails turned blue...
...inches of dynamite: Magical Michael Clemons made believers out of the entire Crimson team after the 5-ft., 5-in. running back danced, slithered and spun his way to two touchdowns and over 150 yards of total offense...
That history is almost as old as the night. In the Odyssey, Odysseus visited the land of the dead, where he reported that "pale fear got hold of me" as the spirits rose up to drink blood. Every ethnic group has spun folktales of the ungrateful dead. Even so, horror did not become a literary convention until the late 18th century, when the gothic novel described the exotic terrors of old feudal keeps. In the gaslight era, the supernatural took hold of the public imagination, and British authors quickly dominated the field. Their very names suggest creaking Victorian stairways, forbidden...
...minutes later, another order was yelled and the members of the Intimidating Presence once again jumped to attention, took a few steps forward and spun on their heels, marching lockstep back to whence they came...