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...newspaper chain, with 85 dailies, but its papers are mostly in smaller markets, and the combined circulation of 3.5 million before USA Today had translated into scant national influence. By launching a coast-to-coast daily, Gannett would gain visibility and clout, even if the undertaking would require steep start-up costs, arduous technical demands in printing at dozens of locations, and a hard sell to persuade advertisers to accept a new kind of vehicle...
...ring and Aviator Charles Lindbergh in what was claimed to be the world's largest aircraft, a cumbersome, eight-engine passenger plane recently built for Lufthansa. "Göring turned over the controls to Lindbergh somewhere above the Wannsee, and we were treated to some fancy rolls, steep banks and other maneuvers for which the Goliath machine was not designed. I thought for a few moments that the plane would be torn apart." Much of the account is touching and personal; Shirer tells of his marriage to an Austrian woman, the difficult birth of their daughter, their brief vacations...
Parisian pretensions aside, the Square is not without its share of serious coffee houses, the perfect place to start a relationship, end one, read a book, or just mainline caffeine. In fact, most places offer rich brews, with varying degrees of atmosphere, although the prices are usually steep...
...slightly tipsy, muscle-bound bouncer and find mass inhalation of the famed Scorpion Bowl. The Kong also features scores of foreign beers, and the hardy can try to join the 69 Club, by consuming 69 different types of beer in a set period of time. Prices are steep, and after several $7-plus Scorpion Bowls, your wallet may cease to exist...
...into dollars for investment in the U.S. Since 1980, the value of the dollar has risen about 50% against an average of ten major currencies. As a result, imports have become cheaper, and the U.S. is running a record trade deficit that puts downward pressure on the dollar. A steep plunge could kindle U.S. inflation by boosting the price of imports. Warned TIME Board Member Lester Thurow, an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "You could get a dollar shock that could push the inflation rate close to the double-digit level a year from now." Rimmer...