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...part of the largest commercial deal ever made between East and West: an estimated $15 billion plan to construct a 3,000-mile gas pipeline that will stretch from the icy reaches of Siberia to the heart of Western Europe. The venture is basically a pipeline-for-gas swap. The West will provide the materials and technology to build the structure in exchange for the huge quantities of natural gas that the pipeline will carry...
...with the animal. The cat's wild ways endure and charm. In Japan the cat is called "the tiger that eats from the hand." In her authoritative compendium The Cat, Author Muriel Beadle postulates that the feline's alliance with humans is a dramatic biological decision to swap solitary life in the wild for "the company...
Coach Billy Cleary has made one line-up adjustment for tonight's contest. Sophomore Jay North, who did not dress for the opener at Dartmouth and played on the fourth line with Bill Larson and Scott Powers against Colgate and RPI, will swap spots with Jim Turner and skate with classmates Phil Falcone and Shayne Kukulowicz tonight...
...movies has made his achievement seem both ineffable and inevitable. Even today, at 82, Astaire is lithe and healthy as he waltzes through the occasional film role. In his latest, Ghost Story, due out next month, Astaire and three other elderly gents (Melvyn Douglas, John Houseman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) swap spooky tales. The oddest might be the one about Fred's rise to stardom. Fifty years ago, it was difficult to spot a potential movie star in a body that photographed small, frail, bewildered. Fred and his sister Adele had danced through hit Broadway shows for a dozen years...
Last year Binn's company made about $220 million worth of deals, many involving major corporations. Among his clients: Rolls-Royce, Uni-royal and Chesebrough-Pond's. One swap involves the Cosco Chemicals Co. of Indianapolis, a division of Kidde, Inc. Cosco is boosting its production of cleansing products by about 20%, trading the cleansers to Binn for $500,000 worth of services including TV and radio advertising time. Binn plans to trade the cleansers to Hilton and Sheraton hotels, receiving in return room spaces plus food and bar credits, which he will offer to other Atwood Richards...