European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Home front do you own a Rolls Royce the club Emily j. Minor Cox news service Hyrc arc clubs for people with problem kids. Clubs for graduates of Noire Dame. Clubs for people who done to have a partner. And clubs for people who do. But Don t like Mem so Why not a club for the Lucky Bunch who can afford to buy a Rolls Royce already done. A a a a a we arc not members of the club because we want to show off a said Frank Feiler president of the Florida Region Rolls Royce owners club at a club social. A what we look for Are enthusiasts who strive for the betterment fulfilment and enjoyment of owning a  once made in America now made in England the car even smells of wealth. A a it a like owning a Diamond instead of a Zircon a sighed Joan Blais who is not  embarrassed to Tell you about the Connelly cows Quot raised just for our cars in England. Their hides Are used for the leather interiors. Velour or Vinyl would have to be specially ordered and would take about a year said Richard co vacs this 1928 Rolls Royce a Complete with chauffeur a Well get you into an exclusive club. Sales manager of lire Rolls Royce division at Bra Man motorcars of West Palm Beach fla., where the social was held. Plus neither velour nor Vinyl would be quite right. A that would be a sacrilege a said Prestley Blake the retired founder of the Friendly s Lee Cream Chain. He owns 18 Rolis royces. Rolls buyers Are seemingly insulated from annoying economic downturns such As recessions. Co vacs said 1990 will be a record  december is the strongest month for Rolls Royce sales and we re already 15 percent ahead Quot he said. A Aco vacs works with six. Buyers a month on the average and helps them choose from the Rolls color line of Magnolia Silver Sand Larkspur Blue Vermilion Royal Blue and yes Windsor new products push music sales higher in an Era in which it has become increasingly difficult and expensive to promote new music groups record companies Are aggressively broadening the product lines for the singers they already handle. Two new products a the cassette single and the music video a Are gaining wide acceptance. The a Ycas single a As it is sometimes culled has become an attractive impulse Purchase for younger shoppers Industry executives say. Y for about $2.98, a cassette single provides two to three minutes of music. A Maxi cassette single which offers two or three versions of the same. Song can run As Long As 25 minutes and Sells for about $4.98. The music video business has also become More sophisticated. Nearly every Large record company produces music videos said one entertainment executive. = More than 45 million cassette singles were shipped to stores in the first half of the year a 39.3 percent increase from 1989. And 4 million music videocassettes were shipped in the six month period nearly twice As Many As a year earlier. Cassettes and videos have helped Spur surprising growth in Industry sales for the first half of 1990. The recording Industry association of America reports that sales for compact disks cassettes arid records Rose 10.8 percent to 424 million units and the Dollar value of those shipments Rose 15 percent to $3.5 billion. The Overall Rise in sales can Sci traced in part to. The shift from Long playing records to compact disks As Many Consumers replace their albums with cd. A a a. A. A Quot 1, the increase is reflected in the number of music stores. Industry executives also note that the big record store chains with their wide music selections have expanded Over the last five years. Musi Eland for example the nations largest record Chain increased to 942 stores from 682 at the end of 1988. However there is widespread debate in the Industry As to whether the sates growth will continue. Some Industry executives said they thought the recording Industry associations numbers were too High. Y a those numbers were a real slide Karoo a said Russell Soloman owner of Tower records Chain. The figures raised so Many questions that when they were  several weeks ago time Warner inc., which owns Warner records sent a representative to the recording Industry association to review them y Jay Berman president of the recording Industry association argues that its figures Are agcy rate but acknowledges that sales in july arid August were poor although no Industry wide figures will be available until next year. Still Many analysts have their doubts. Emanuel Gerard a partner with the new York investment firm of Gerard Klauer Mattison amp co., said the Industry a growth rate would inevitably slow As Consumers finish replacing records with compact the Only Factor he believes could offset that decline would be lower prices for cd. New York times Blue. A 1991 Cornice Sells Lor $220.0011, regardless of color. A a. A. A. Blake fell in love with the cars As a boy in. A a Springfield mass., when lie watched autoworkers test drive the Chassis through . Streets a. Of Liis 18,Rolls is a Louring ear that he had turned Tito a convertible. He and other club members say its one of a kind. But the yearlong makeover from Coupe to convertible did t come cheap. Nothing Rolls owners do is Chintzy. Y by. Y Quot it s just so ridiculous it s a sin to say it out. A loud a said Blake who agreed to be. Vague and put the Dollar amount at somewhere around $200,. A it was highly impractical Quot lie said Quot but Mike it.�?�. Y y y y a. A a computer program loaded with jokes or computer system is so old St. Boots up with Saddle shoes.11 that May not be the fun nicest line you Ever heard but it is an example of the sort of thing in the humor processor s data base a collection of about 500 jokes you can do better Well maybe you can especially with this Clever program. Y.  processor is much More than an electronic joke Book. With its brainstorming Section it provides the Means to write your own. Although there arc several ways of using the program the Basic process is this you think of a premise called a set upon the gag Trade a your computer system is so old a then on two Side by Side windows on the screen you Call up or create words and phrases associated with the subject matter in this example a a computer and  from there on it is up to you to make the connection the humor processor version 2 is sold. By responsive software 1901 Tunnel Road Berkeley Calif 94705. New York times y. 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