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Johnny Carson and Ted Koppel have gone to bed and so has the Ziploc talking finger. But late night is when TV's hucksters really get humming. Amazing baldness cures and miracle weight-loss plans. Kitchen tools and anticellulite treatments. Self-help courses and get-rich-quick schemes. Stick around: you'll learn all about Citrus Miracle, a spray cleaner made from "100% natural oranges," able to wipe out everything from oven grease to carpet stains. Or share a few teary minutes with Richard Simmons as he travels the country getting testimonials from converts to his Deal-a-Meal diet...
...dismal U.S. retailing industry, home-improvement centers that sell everything from kitchen cabinets to grass seed have been a notable bright spot. Spurred by the spreading do-it-yourself itch, sales at the sprawling emporiums grew more than 10% a year in the 1980s, while retailing in general grew only about 6%. Even the stormy economy has held a silver lining for some companies, since people tend to fix up their homes rather than buy new ones during a downturn...
...versatile Viking is strictly homegrown. Back in 1980, Mississippi contractor Fred Carl Jr., with some prodding from his wife, designed a range with "zero clearance." Translation: although the ovens produce a powerful 55,000 BTUs, built-in insulation allows the stove to touch kitchen cabinets on either side. Gone was the fire hazard posed by overheated professional ranges, and so too the equatorial ambient temperature well known to chefs. Viking shipped its first models in 1986; they immediately caught...
Although some houses are asking newly-named DeWolfers to crowd a bit, the complex's air-conditioned, kitchen-equipped, cable-ready rooms seem like more than fair compensation. Now complete except for finishing touches such as landscaping, the complex will eventually house more than 200 students from Dunster, Eliot, Kirkland, Mather, Quincy and Winthrop Houses, along with tutors and junior faculty members...
...University also charged the government $103,050 for furniture, kitchen utensils, mattresses, pillows and interior decorating for apartments. And under the same grant, Harvard billed the government $13,460 for entertainment activities, such as cocktail and coffee hours. All these charges were recommended for disallowance...