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...dense smoke on the fire line in Northern California's Klamath National Forest has cut visibility to a lung-searing 150 ft. It is eclipsing the sun like a primordial fog and slowly choking the solemn line of fire fighters. Brand, 26, from Kentfield, Calif., pauses occasionally on the steep slope to vomit discreetly in the woods. "This is unhealthy as hell," he says, directing his crew toward a smoldering hot spot. "But I love fighting fires. When these things get going, the adrenaline really kicks...
...borrowing. Though Congress has finally put the federal deficit on a downward path, from a record $221 billion in fiscal 1986 to an estimated $157 billion this year, the shortfall is still large enough to keep U.S. interest rates high in comparison with those of other industrial countries. The steep cost of loans, in turn, tends to discourage corporations from borrowing to make long-term improvements in plants and equipment...
...victims of an owners' conspiracy to flout a free- agent agreement long in place. Unlike major league baseball teams, N.F.L. clubs reserve a right of first refusal on the services of any player whose contract has expired. Should he sign with another of the league's 28 teams, steep compensation in the coin of draft choices is stipulated. Contending that , a pro football player's life expectancy is below four seasons, the union wants all four-year men to be unfettered by compensation clauses. Observing that the average salary is up from $90,000 to $230,000 since 1982 (thanks...
...prepared to pay a steep price for scalpedtickets...
Producers put shows out on the road for three basic reasons: to prepare for Broadway; to capitalize on a Broadway success already attained; and occasionally, when a show's concept and stars are more marketable than its actual merits, to bypass Broadway's fierce competition and legion of reviewers. Steep staging costs have made offerings in the first category, known as tryouts, a vanishing breed. Nowadays pre-Broadway tryouts are usually limited to one city, unless a show has a big-name cast or is a revival of a fondly remembered musical, like the current tours of Cabaret and West...