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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...couples reduce potential conflicts by both working for the government, an arrangement the checks and balances of the Constitution did not contemplate. When Elizabeth Dole was Transportation Secretary, the couple made intragovernmental history when she testified before husband Robert Dole, then Senate finance chairman, on "Alternatives to Tax on Use of Heavy Trucks." The subject matter renders plausible his protestations that there was no after-hours collusion between the executive and legislative branches of the marriage. "When you get home at 8:30, the last thing you want to do is get into business." It is equally unlikely that Commodity...
...technical revolution in equipment has also delivered high-quality, moderately priced clubs and balls that give novices a chance to enjoy the game more quickly. The clubs used for driving and for long fairway shots are still known as "woods," but they strike truer now because they are made of metal. And the balls have been redesigned as well. Early last year Wilson Sporting Goods hired Gail Jonkouski, a former NASA engineer, to design a golf ball that would fly farther and straighter than balls then in use. With the help of a computer, Jonkouski rearranged the dimples...
...irons. Until then the grooves found on most clubs were V shaped, but Solheim, a mechanical engineer, discovered that squaring out the grooves gave players greater control. The square or U-shaped grooves work so well, in fact, that the P.G.A. tour has announced that it will ban their use in its tournaments next year. But amateurs continue to shell out $600 to $1,500 for a set of Ping clubs. Sales at privately held Karsten Manufacturing have grown 10% to 20% a month since...
...evidence that youthful offenders are becoming more violent is everywhere. Two Denver students have been charged with stabbing a man to death so they could steal his credit cards and use them to buy camping equipment. At a Los Angeles Greyhound station, a 15-year-old girl was kidnaped at knifepoint by two men, held captive for five days and repeatedly raped. She managed to escape and flagged down a passing car. "Get me out of here!" she begged the three teenagers inside. They did, and took her to a park in East Los Angeles, where the eldest...
...still Eisner eyes more robust expansion. Typhoon Lagoon, a 50-acre water theme park, premieres next month, followed shortly by a PG-rated night-life district called Pleasure Island and three more hotels with an additional 4,500 rooms. Disney-MGM Studios (the company purchased rights to use MGM films in its attractions) is also a functioning movie studio, where both Disney's and rivals' films are made...