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...earth may move, little rabbit, but now quake-zone residents can sleep safely, according to Hollywood special-effects designer Jon Ward. He has developed the "Los Angeles Earthquake Bed." Built of steel tubing and 16- gauge steel mesh, the 600-lb. bed, he says, can even withstand a collapsing roof. Peace of mind costs...
Speculation about adultery, love affairs, "Dianagate," "Camillagate" -- the headlines are hurricanes buffeting a fragile, archaic institution that may not be able to withstand the impact. Each new revelation elicits more serious calls for the monarchy to be taxed, for a cut in its numbers who are paid a government stipend, and -- to entertain the unthinkable -- for the whole institution to be abolished. Even knowledgeable observers are writing off Charles and Diana as the next King and Queen. How could they take coronation vows, given their farce of a marriage, she possibly too high-strung to be Queen Consort, he exposed...
ATTORNEYS WHO CONTEND THAT DEMOCRATIC PATRIARCH CLARK CLIFFORD, 85, is too ill to stand trial for his alleged role in the B.C.C.I. scandal could well be right. When Clifford sought heart surgery at the Washington Hospital Center in July, doctors quietly determined that his heart was too weak to withstand an operation. "He has practically no heart muscle left," says a medical source. Clifford was later hospitalized briefly for internal bleeding. His lawyers now plan to ask a New York judge to dismiss the charges against him on the ground that the rigors of a trial could cause a fatal...
That the American economy can withstand all this and not collapse is a testament to its resilience. Many economists are beginning to think the most valuable resource America can have in the first half of the decade is the willingness to tough it out. "We just need more patience," says Texas A&M economist Jared Hazleton. "The economy is on a course to recovery, and part of that is very slow growth. People forget that we've made dramatic strides in the past few years in reducing debt and restructuring. We're much more efficient today in manufacturing and services...
...walls Brundage built were not strong enough to withstand the inevitable in a world where sport has become a preeminent form of entertainment. Amid raging debate, in 1981 the word amateur was stricken from the Olympic charter. Unable to kill the sacred calf itself, the I.O.C. turned over eligibility rules to the individual sports federations in 1987, and the transitions that followed were haphazard and often unfair...