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...present the agency is faced with the daunting prospect of several dozen large plans -- representing 3 million active and retired workers -- that are underfunded to the tune of $30 billion. Worst of all is a class of financially weak corporate behemoths, such as LTV and Chrysler, whose pension plans are severely short of cash. Unless their sales and profits improve, some of these large funds could collapse. Already running a deficit of $1.8 billion, the PBGC estimates its deficit could grow to $8 billion by the end of this decade...
...unauthorized sampling ends in discord. Tom's Diner, an a cappella tune by Suzanne Vega, had been known only to fans who owned her 1987 album, Solitude Standing. Then late last year a couple of audacious remix artists who call themselves DNA sampled Vega's voice and grafted it onto a throbbing beat. Vega liked the new version so much that she asked her record company to release it. The resulting Top Five single was the surprise...
...financial pyramids what Ivan Boesky's is to insider trading. Before his "dare to be great" marketing schemes earned him a seven-year jail sentence for fraud in 1987, Turner had built a $3.5 million Cinderella-like castle near Orlando and set his theme song to the tune of the Mickey Mouse Club anthem ("Now's the time to say goodbye to all our poverty. M-A-K . . . I-N-G . . . M-O-N-E-Y"). While Turner sits in prison, one of his disciples, best-selling author Givens, is prospering in Orlando. Givens bought a lakefront spread outside...
...powers of rejuvenation are well known? "The place makes me feel like I'm living all over again, like I have a second wife," says Louis Schein, a septuagenarian visitor to the theme park. He illustrated the point by opening his umbrella and beginning a little shuffle to the tune of Singin' in the Rain...
...drums became free. Minicucci stands up front and briefly describes the history of the drums, then demonstrates how to use the mallets. He breaks down the playing into melody, harmony and beat, and tells each player what to do. They give it a try. Slowly a tune emerges from the jumbled, tinny cacophony that reverberates throughout the gymnasium. He takes the players through their lines until they have the song down pat. They are shocked when he informs them that they will be the surprise performers during the concert later in the afternoon...