European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 31, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 Ivan lend i no. 1 and still trying harder by Bob Greene associated press i be got to work harder i begot to practice More and get in better shape says Van  s work ethic May not be for everyone but it has paid off no. 1 world ranking . Open title second place on the Money winning list in men s Tennis. Time to let up not Lendl. My priority is to keep fighting and not give in to anybody Lendl said after capturing the Lipton International players championships in Boca Raton fla., last month. I feel i m working Way too hard to throw away  work is All he talks about. Maybe it s because he s been labelled a loser for so Long. Lendl is still remembered for quitting against Jimmy Connors in a meaningless match during the 1981 masters. Connors responded by calling Lendl  then there was the year he skipped Wimbledon. No one believed him when he said his main problem with playing the event was getting enough practice time on grass before the tournament began. For four straight years he reached the finals of the . Open Only to lose each time. He lost the French open final to Bjorn Borg in 1981 and the australian open final in1983tomatswilander. The loser tag had stuck for so Long it hardly seemed to matter when Lendl came Back from two sets Down to beat John Mcenroe on the slow red Clay courts at Paris to capture the 1984 French open. It became part of his image along with a stoic court appearance emphasized by an angular face deep set eyes and shallow Cheeks. That look plus an icy stare when he s concentrating is enough to freeze an opponent. The following year after he won the French open Lendl shaved nearly 20 pounds from his 6-foot-2 Frame keeping his weight around 165 pounds. He then hired australian Tony Roche As his coach and while continuing to win changed his game. He began delivering vicious Cross court passing shots especially off the backhand Side and followed his booming serve into the net for Point ending volleys. It was a change that even Mcenroe noticed. Lendl has been Able to serve and Volley against me and that should t happen Mcenroe said at last year s . Open. But Lendl has dedicated himself to pulling things More together and he s working hard at his game. You have to respect  Ivan Lendl has brought a new coach and a new attitude to his Tennis game. The veal wealth in America a photo associated press even though doctors lawyers and accountant dominate High income groups the real wealth lies in the hands of Bankers real estate developers and insurance executives a Federal study shows. Only 2 percent of american families Are headed by someone who works in banking insurance and real estate the study said but those professions make up 31 percent of the highest income group families earning $280,000 or More annually. Lawyers and accountants on the other hand who make up 1 percent of the population As a whole account for 12 percent of the richest families. Doctors and other health professionals make up 1 percent of the population and 2 percent of the richest families according to the Federal Reserve Board. Although professionals such As doctors lawyers and accountants constitute a disproportionate fraction of All to s High income subgroups their greatest concentration is in the second highest group said the study. Families headed by entrepreneurs and by individuals in banking insurance and real estate appear to have the Best Odds of earning the highest incomes it said. The report was based on a 1983 Survey of 4,103 american families including 438 High income families selected on the basis of tax filings the fed said. Families with High incomes and Large amounts of assets constitute a relatively Small proportion of the population but have a relatively Large share of its income and wealth the study said. It cited this As the principal reason it wanted to examine the very wealthy. The Survey found that Only 1 percent of All american families earn More than $150,000 a year while 10 percent earned $50,000 or More during 1982, the period studied. This included 8 percent of All american families who earned Between $50,000 and $99,000, another 1 percent who earned Between $100,000 and $149,000, 0.5 percent who earned $150,000 to $279,999 and the top 0.5 percent of All american families who earned $280,000 or More. The Survey found that doctors and other health professionals were most highly represented in the $100,000 to $149,000 category making up 13 percent of this group. Lawyers and accountants made up 14 percent and professionals engaged in banking insurance and real estate constituted another 13 percent. In the $150,000 to $279,999 category the second highest income level professionals in banking real estate and insurance represented 17 percent lawyers and accountants 12 percent and health professionals 8 percent. The study noted that it was the first comprehensive review of wealth in America since a similar Survey done in 1962. In the 20 years Between the two studies the fed said that the number of wealthy families has increased significantly even after adjusting for inflation. About 14 percent of the families in the 1983 Survey were estimated to have a net Worth of $163,800 or More in contrast to just 6 percent of american families in 1962. The comparison expressed the net Worth in both surveys in terms of 1983 dollars. Erma Bombeck w Hen living got to be real complicated someone figured out that we needed survival kits. They would put in on compact Container All the things we needed to meet every contingency or emergency. Thus was born the sewing kits that contain five pastel shades of thread measuring three inches each two buttons that match nothing two Small Gold pins and a Needle. Blog. Bring your own glasses the first Aid kit was a breakthrough for people who wanted to be protected against the hazards of fun times and recreation. And you had two packages of bandages a bottle of disinfectant that stained your Finger for two years a Jar of ointment and a Roll of adhesive to meet these challenges. Boys. Bring your own scissors it was predictable that we could have writing kits that brought together in marriage writing paper pen and envelopes boys. Bring your own Stamps and Beauty kits that moisturized lubricated erased cleansed and excavated dead skin As you slept. Bloc. Bring your own Calendar survival Means different things to different people. My Mother customizes her own survival kit that she takes on vacations. It includes packages of gum Candy bars breath mints discs for acid stomach boxes of raisins cookies and beef Jerky. I thought my survival had reached the ultimate until an offer arrived in the mail the other Day for a 12-Inch survival knife touted As an Extension of your own hand that you la never want to put  the knife did everything but Start the car. It Cut paper split Wood and shattered Bone. But wait i said survival knife. At the end of the handle was a Compass so that you would know which direction to follow to Hack your Way out of the Jungle. There s More you had Only to unscrew the Compass to reveal an entire storehouse of life s necessities. There was a packet of Waterproof wrapped matches half a dozen fishing Hooks sinkers Nylon test fishing line sewing Needle kit and an 18-Inch Cable saw actually capable of cutting Down a Small tree limit two per family. If rambo had had that knife the War would have been Over in three weeks. Somehow i envisioned the Cave Man with one of these knives. He probably would have examined the Book of matches and eaten them rubbed two fishing Hooks together and tried to Start a fire Cut himself on the knife launched the Compass from a Bow against warring neighbors and used the Cable saw to take Down messages in the Cave. Maybe that s Why they never survived. C los Angeles times Syndicate