Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...that pizazz, however, is only frosting on the cake for Houston. The city is in the third year of a brisk economic recovery that is transforming the fourth largest U.S. city (pop. 1.7 million) from a freewheeling oil-and-gas town to a more broadly based cosmopolitan center. Energy still constitutes 60% of the economy, but that is down from 83% in 1981. Boasts Mayor Kathy Whitmire: "We are no longer a one-industry town...
What other job pays $98,400 and allows so much free time? While most Americans spend just the Fourth of July celebrating the birth of their nation, members of Congress devote ten days to the task. They also routinely stretch weekends to three or four or even five days, especially when a holiday comes up, and will be taking off 29 days in August. They needed a 23-day break to usher in the New Year, which followed a five-week recess to enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas...
...slapping Old Glory on everything from barrettes to bikinis. After his $300 stars-and-stripes sweater sold out last fall, Ralph Lauren created three-spangled swimsuits that are moving briskly at up to $72. Saks Fifth Avenue's New Glory shirt ($57.50) sold out just in time for the Fourth of July. The shirt's success might have surprised Abbie Hoffman. The late yippie was once charged with flag desecration for wearing a shirt like Saks' best seller...
...mayor for life." But last week, in the midst of jury selection for his trial on drug-possession and perjury charges, Barry called it quits. To remove the "shadow" of his legal difficulties from the election of his successor, he declared that he would not seek a fourth term. "Many of my supporters and political polls have indicated that if I were to run, I could win," said Barry. "What good does it do to win the battle if in the process I lose my soul...
...public outcry when a TV personality is pushed toward unwilling retirement typically resembles a Roman candle on the Fourth of July: the blaze is bright but brief, the heat evanesces, and all that lingers is a fond memory in the mind's eye. That is how it has gone for even the biggest stars, from Red Skelton to Walter Cronkite. NBC doubtless imagined it would be no different when it undertook to freshen the Today show by easing veteran co- anchor Jane Pauley toward the sidelines. But in the eight months since Pauley announced she would resign from the show...