ALL`S FOUL IN OUR THINKING ON FAIR
There will be no world`s fair in Chicago next year, as everyone knows. But not everyone knows that the themes that dominated Chicago`s failed effort will be on display at...
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MAKING LAKEFRONT LESS USER FRIENDLY
This year they got the Lincoln Park Gun Club. Next year they plan to go after Meigs Field, Chicago`s corporate jetport on the lake. They are Chicago`s environmental elite. Many...
UPBEAT FORECAST SOUNDS BIT OFF-KEY
The newsman wanted to believe the recession is over. There have been glimmerings on the financial pages-jobless claims edging down, retail sales turning up-but still he had doubts. There was...
BILLBOARD BATTLE MAY GO BY WAYSIDE
Some people call them ''litter on a stick.'' But billboards are really worse than that. Litter can be picked up and thrown away. Billboards last forever. Or at least it...
THE FREEST TRADE IS IN POLITICAL BARBS
Marvin Wortell runs a metal stamping plant on Chicago`s West Side, but on Wednesday he came downtown to the Fairmont Hotel and spent the day listening to experts talk about...
TOO MANY LAWSUITS SPOIL TORTS, COURTS
Officially, there were no winners or losers in last week`s out-of-court settlement in the Tylenol case. Unofficially, we all lost the Tylenol case. All of us, that is, except the...
`WASTE NOT` EFFORT WANTING IN LOGIC
The bashing of Waste Management Inc. was delayed for a few minutes so the crew from Channel 26 could set up its camera and lights. But once they got rolling,...
CLEAR THE FAST TRACK FOR LABOR AT HOME
The experts talk a lot about the benefits of free trade with Mexico. They don`t talk much about what`s happening to Carrie Gwin. Gwin operated something called a crimping machine...
FOR RETURNING VETS, HAVE THEY GOT DEALS
The 500,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen headed home from Operation Desert Storm are about to be hit with some good news and bad news from the U.S. economy. It was...
A DIM PROPOSAL FOR `POINTS OF LIGHT`
The folks in charge of giving away billions of dollars every year are coming to Chicago this week to talk about how they can better perform their cheerful work. There...