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...issue for Dr Pepper. Little by little, deal by deal, Wall Street's investment bankers are rebuilding a business that all but collapsed with the waning of the '80s. A recent surge of deals ranging from bank megamergers to huge new stock and bond issues is putting some chastened wheeler-dealers back on their feet. But without the limitless pots of cash that the now shrunken junk-bond market once provided, the investment bankers can no longer arrange the sort of blockbuster buyouts that produced breathtaking profits for Wall Street in the past decade. Instead, the erstwhile Masters...
...learned their lesson. They're still gung-ho, they're still knocking on doors, even though the business isn't there, and they're still blowing smoke. The danger is that they may find some chief executives with big egos who will listen." But while Wall Street's wheeler-dealers may lust for their old profits, power and glory, a return to '80s-style overborrowing is something that companies -- and the rest of the country -- know they can no longer afford...
...Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, is a newer icon of American ingenuity: Stumpjumper, the first mountain bike. A crossbreed of rugged utility and European racing technology, the Stumpjumper scurried where 10-speeds would have crumpled: down mountain slopes, across fields and over city curbs. The chunky two-wheeler, manufactured by Californian Michael Sinyard in 1981, has helped transform the % U.S. bicycle industry from a sleepy business to a $3.5 billion family-sport industry as millions of Americans mount up. Sinyard's goal: "Durability and comfort, a bike that is easy to ride...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Dennis Wheeler (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Joe Lertola, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Angel Ackemyer, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Associate Art Directors); Stefano Arata, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Dennis Wheeler (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Joe Lertola, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman