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...longest shots are Washington and New York City. Mayor Marion Barry's argument that the party and the press could save $9 million by staying home in the nation's capital left most people cold. New York was host to both the 1976 and 1980 conventions, but boasts experience and last summer's Liberty Weekend as proof that it is possible for visitors to get through four days in Gotham without getting insulted, mugged or worse...
...longest orgy--on the music of Tchaikovsky--will consume 56 hours of air time, and the seven shortest orgies will take only two hours apiece...
...N.Y.Y.C. surrendered the Cup to Australia II, the winged-keel wonder of Perth Millionaire Alan Bond, after holding the yachting crown since 1851, the longest winning streak in sport. America II's loss last week was the final disappointment in a $15 million, three-year drive to recapture the Cup. As a stunned Skipper John Kolius, 35, piloted America II back to its slip after the race with New Zealand, crew members wept. "How would you feel," asked Kolius, "if you called into work tomorrow morning and it wasn't there...
...ever present doubts and dangers along the road. Since its start in 1982, the expansion has been refreshed at crucial intervals, first by the plunge of interest rates and later by the fall of oil prices. Now, at 49 months and counting, the durable recovery is already the second longest peacetime boom in U.S. history, after the 58-month expansion...
...Longest stretch below .500: Five seasons, from 1977-'78 through 1981-'82, when the squad finished with winning percentages...