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...Mullins, 57, is too angry just to gripe. A Coke drinker for 50 years, he has formed an association in Seattle called the Old Cola Drinkers of America. The group's aim is to force Coca-Cola to switch back to the original + formula or at least release it to another bottler. Mullins first set up a hotline featuring a recorded pep talk: "Let's get Coca-Cola to start making the old Coke again." After receiving 60,000 calls, the line was disconnected last week. Mullins talks about filing a class action against the company, claiming that...
...short term he needs a victory, or at least the prospect of one, to fend off any impression that he is becoming an impotent, lame-duck President. His second term has begun badly, and his Administration seems stalled. The major high- level shuffles last January, particularly the job switch between Chief of Staff Baker and Treasury Secretary Regan, wasted time that could have been spent exploiting Reagan's re-election momentum. Congress handcuffed the President on aid to the contras in Nicaragua, MX missile deployment and his defense buildup. Reagan's visit to a German military cemetery in Bitburg raised...
...young, single executive in New York City with a salary of $25,000 who rents an apartment. He pays $2,056 in state and local taxes. While he currently itemizes deductions, he would switch to a short form under Reagan's proposal because state and local taxes would not be deductible...
...racecourse was shortened from 2000 to 1750 meters because of a dam problem near the official start. This switch proved to favor the heavies as they improved their times against the first and second-place Eastern Sprints finishers, Princeton and Wisconsin...
Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping has long been pushing for a transfusion of younger blood into the ranks of his country's aging leadership. Now Peking appears to have taken a major step in the gradual switch to a new generation. The People's Daily reported last week that nearly 1,000 "young and dependable cadres" had been selected as reserve leaders at provincial and ministerial levels and more than 10,000 others had been chosen for lesser positions in prefectures, cities and other government departments...