FALL|NN BALLOT|NN ISSUES|NNS set|VBD a|DT record|NN for|IN off|RP -|- year|NN elections|NNS .|. 

Odd|JJ -|- year|NN elections|NNS attract|VBP relatively|RB few|JJ ballot|NN issues|NNS .|. 
But|CC the|DT 1989|CD fall|NN total|NN of|IN 80|CD ,|, while|IN well|RB below|IN 1988|CD activity|NN ,|, shows|VBZ "|'' a|DT steady|JJ ratcheting|VBG up|RP in|IN citizen|NN referenda|NN and|CC initiatives|NNS ,|, "|'' says|VBZ Patrick|NNP McGuigan|NNP ,|, editor|NN of|IN Family|NNP ,|, Law|NNP and|CC Democracy|NNP Report|NNP .|. 
He|PRP says|VBZ the|DT 10|CD citizen|NN -|- sparked|JJ issues|NNS on|IN state|NN ballots|NNS this|DT fall|NN represent|VBP the|DT most|JJS in|IN any|DT odd|JJ -|- year|NN this|DT decade|NN .|. 
Ballot|NN questions|NNS range|VBP from|IN a|DT Maine|NNP initiative|NN on|IN banning|VBG Cruise|NNP missiles|NNS to|TO a|DT referendum|NN on|IN increasing|VBG the|DT North|NNP Dakota|NNP income|NN tax|NN .|. 

Ballot|NN watchers|NNS say|VBP attention|NN already|RB is|VBZ focused|VBN on|IN the|DT 1990|CD elections|NNS .|. 
In|IN California|NNP ,|, two|CD petition|NN drives|NNS for|IN next|JJ year|NN 's|POS election|NN are|VBP "|'' essentially|RB finished|VBD ,|, "|'' says|VBZ David|NNP Schmidt|NNP ,|, author|NN of|IN "|'' Citizen|NNP Lawmakers|NNPS .|. "|'' 
Mr.|NN McGuigan|NNP cites|VBZ three|CD completed|VBN efforts|NNS in|IN Oklahoma|NNP .|. 
Hot|JJ ballot|NN topics|NNS are|VBP expected|VBN to|TO be|VB abortion|NN ,|, the|DT environment|NN and|CC insurance|NN reform|NN .|. 

Taking|VBG a|DT cue|NN from|IN California|NNP ,|, more|JJR politicians|NNS will|MD launch|VB their|PRP$ campaigns|NNS by|IN backing|VBG initiatives|NNS ,|, says|VBZ David|NNP Magleby|NNP of|IN Brigham|NNP Young|NNP University|NNP .|. 

PHOTOGRAPH|NN COLLECTING|NN gains|NNS new|JJ stature|NN as|IN prices|NNS rise|VBP .|. 

Price|NN records|NNS are|VBP being|VBG set|VBN at|IN auctions|NNS this|DT week|NN .|. 
At|IN Christie|NNP 's|POS ,|, a|DT folio|NN of|IN 21|CD prints|NNS from|IN Alfred|NNP Stieglitz|NNP 's|POS "|'' Equivalents|NNS "|'' series|NN sold|VBN for|IN $396,000|NN ,|, a|DT single|JJ -|- lot|NN record|NN .|. 
Other|JJ works|VBZ also|RB have|VBP been|VBN exceeding|VBG price|NN estimates|NNS .|. 
In|IN part|NN ,|, prices|NNS reflect|VBP development|NN of|IN a|DT market|NN structure|NN based|VBN on|IN such|JJ variables|NNS as|IN the|DT number|NN of|IN prints|NNS .|. 
This|DT information|NN used|VBN to|TO be|VB poorly|RB documented|VBN and|CC largely|RB anecdotal|JJ ,|, says|VBZ Beth|NNP Gates|NNP -|- Warren|NNP of|IN Sotheby|NNP 's|POS .|. 
"|'' There|EX is|VBZ finally|RB some|DT sort|NN of|IN sense|NN in|IN the|DT market|NN ,|, "|'' she|PRP says|VBZ .|. 

Corporations|NNS and|CC museums|NNS are|VBP among|IN the|DT serious|JJ buyers|NNS ,|, giving|VBG greater|JJR market|NN stability|NN ,|, says|VBZ Robert|NNP Persky|NNP of|IN the|DT Photograph|NNP Collector|NNP .|. 
"|'' When|WRB I|PRP see|VBP prints|NNS going|VBG into|IN the|DT hands|NNS of|IN institutions|NNS ,|, I|PRP know|VBP they|PRP are|VBP n't|RB going|VBG to|TO come|VB back|RB on|IN the|DT market|NN .|. "|'' 
Most|JJS in|IN demand|NN :|: classic|JJ photographs|NNS by|IN masters|NNS such|JJ as|IN Stieglitz|NNP and|CC Man|NNP Ray|NNP .|. 
But|CC much|JJ contemporary|JJ work|NN is|VBZ also|RB fetching|VBG "|'' a|DT great|JJ deal|NN of|IN money|NN ,|, "|'' says|VBZ Miles|NNP Barth|NNP of|IN the|DT International|NNP Center|NNP of|IN Photography|NNP .|. 

DIALING|VBG 900|CD brings|VBZ callers|NNS a|DT growing|VBG number|NN of|IN services|NNS .|. 

Currently|RB a|DT $300|NN million|NN -|- a|DT -|- year|NN business|NN ,|, 900|CD telephone|NN service|NN is|VBZ expected|VBN to|TO hit|VB $500|NN million|CD next|JJ year|NN and|CC near|RB $2|NN billion|CD by|IN 1992|CD as|IN uses|VBZ for|IN the|DT service|NN continue|VB to|TO expand|VB ,|, says|VBZ Joel|NNP Gross|NNP of|IN Donaldson|NNP ,|, Lufkin|NNP &|CC Jenrette|NNP Inc.|NN 
The|DT service|NN --|: which|WDT costs|VBZ the|DT caller|NN from|IN 30|CD cents|NNS to|TO $25|NN a|DT minute|NN --|: currently|RB is|VBZ dominated|VBN by|IN celebrity|NN chatter|NN ,|, horoscopes|NNS and|CC romance|NN lines|NNS .|. 
But|CC more|RBR serious|JJ applications|NNS are|VBP in|IN the|DT wings|NNS ,|, and|CC that|DT is|VBZ where|WRB the|DT future|JJ growth|NN is|VBZ expected|VBN .|. 

"|'' I|PRP 'm|VBP starting|VBG to|TO see|VB more|JJR business|NN transactions|NNS ,|, "|'' says|VBZ Andrea|NNP West|NNP of|IN American|NNP Telephone|NNP &|CC Telegraph|NNP Co.|NN ,|, noting|VBG growing|VBG interest|NN in|IN use|NN of|IN 900|CD service|NN for|IN stock|NN sales|NNS ,|, software|NN tutorials|NNS and|CC even|RB service|VB contracts|NNS .|. 
Colleges|NNS ,|, she|PRP says|VBZ ,|, are|VBP eyeing|VBG registration|NN through|IN 900|CD service|NN .|. 
Charities|NNS test|VBP the|DT waters|NNS ,|, but|CC they|PRP face|VBP legal|JJ barriers|NNS to|TO electronic|JJ fund|NN raising|NN .|. 
"|'' The|DT thing|NN that|WDT will|MD really|RB break|VB this|DT market|NN right|NN open|NN is|VBZ merchandising|VBG ,|, "|'' Ms.|NN West|NNP says|VBZ .|. 

Much|JJ of|IN the|DT 800|CD service|NN will|MD "|'' migrate|VB to|TO 900|CD ,|, "|'' predicts|VBZ Jack|NNP Lawless|NNP ,|, general|JJ manager|NN of|IN US|NNP Sprint|NNP 's|POS 900|CD product|NN .|. 

FAMILY|NN PETS|NNS are|VBP improving|VBG recovery|NN rates|NNS of|IN patients|NNS at|IN Columbia|NNP Hospital|NNP ,|, Milwaukee|NNP .|. 
Patients|NNS who|WP receive|VBP canine|JJ or|CC feline|JJ visitors|NNS are|VBP found|VBN to|TO have|VB lower|JJR blood|NN pressure|NN and|CC improved|VBN appetite|NN and|CC be|VB more|RBR receptive|JJ to|TO therapy|NN ,|, says|VBZ Mary|NNP Ann|NNP O|NNP '|POS Loughlin|NNP ,|, program|NN coordinator|NN .|. 

TIRED|JJ OF|IN TRIMMING|VBG ?|. 
Hammacher|NNP Schlemmer|NNP &|CC Co.|NN offers|VBZ a|DT fiber|JJ -|- optic|JJ Christmas|NNP tree|NN that|WDT eliminates|VBZ the|DT need|NN to|TO string|VB lights|NNS .|. 
The|DT $6,500|NN tree|NN is|VBZ designed|VBN to|TO send|VB continuously|RB changing|VBG colored|VBN light|JJ to|TO dozens|NNS of|IN fiber|JJ -|- end|NN bunches|NNS .|. 

MEDICINE|NNP TRANSPLANT|NNP :|: Growth|NN of|IN Japanese|JJ trade|NN and|CC travel|NN prompts|VBZ Beth|NNP Israel|NNP Medical|NNP Center|NNP ,|, New|NNP York|NNP ,|, to|TO set|VB up|RP a|DT bilingual|JJ medical|JJ practice|NN .|. 
Funded|VBN by|IN a|DT $1|NN million|CD gift|NN from|IN Tokio|NNP Marine|NNP &|CC Fire|NNP Insurance|NNP ,|, the|DT service|NN will|MD follow|VB Japanese|JJ medical|JJ protocols|NNS ,|, including|VBG emphasis|NN on|IN preventative|JJ medicine|NN .|. 

DIAPER|NN SERVICES|NNS make|VBP a|DT comeback|NN amid|IN growing|VBG environmental|JJ concerns|NNS .|. 

Concerned|VBN about|IN shrinking|VBG landfills|NNS and|CC the|DT safety|NN of|IN chemicals|NNS used|VBN in|IN super|JJ -|- absorbent|JJ disposables|NNS ,|, parents|NNS are|VBP returning|VBG to|TO the|DT cloth|NN diaper|NN .|. 
Tiny|NNP Tots|NNPS Inc.|NN ,|, Campbell|NNP ,|, Calif|NNP .|. ,|, says|VBZ business|NN is|VBZ up|RB 35|CD %|NN in|IN the|DT past|JJ year|NN .|. 
"|'' We|PRP 're|VBP gaining|VBG 1,200|CD new|JJ customers|NNS each|DT week|NN ,|, "|'' says|VBZ Jack|NNP Mogavero|NNP of|IN General|NNP Health|NNP Care|NNP Corp|NNP .|. ,|, Piscataway|NNP ,|, N.J.|NN In|IN Syracuse|NNP ,|, N.Y.|NN ,|, DyDee|NNP Service|NNP 's|POS new|JJ marketing|NN push|NN stresses|VBZ environmental|JJ awareness|NN .|. 
Among|IN its|PRP$ new|JJ customers|NNS :|: day|NN -|- care|NN centers|NNS that|WDT previously|RB spurned|VBD the|DT service|NN .|. 

The|DT National|NNP Association|NNP of|IN Diaper|NNP Services|NNPS ,|, Philadelphia|NNP ,|, says|VBZ that|IN since|IN January|NNP it|PRP has|VBZ gotten|VBN more|JJR than|IN 672|CD inquiries|NNS from|IN people|NNS interested|VBN in|IN starting|VBG diaper|NN services|NNS .|. 
Elisa|NNP Hollis|NNP launched|VBD a|DT diaper|NN service|NN last|JJ year|NN because|IN State|NNP College|NNP ,|, Pa|NNP .|. ,|, where|WRB she|PRP lives|VBZ ,|, did|VBD n't|RB have|VB one|CD .|. 
Diaper|NN shortages|NNS this|DT summer|NN limited|JJ growth|NN at|IN Stork|NNP Diaper|NNP Services|NNPS ,|, Springfield|NNP ,|, Mass|NNP .|. ,|, where|WRB business|NN is|VBZ up|RB 25|CD %|NN in|IN 

Also|RB spurring|VBG the|DT move|NN to|TO cloth|NN :|: diaper|NN covers|VBZ with|IN Velcro|NN fasteners|NNS that|WDT eliminate|VBP the|DT need|NN for|IN safety|NN pins|NNS .|. 

BRIEFS|NNS :|: Only|RB 57.6|CD %|NN of|IN New|NNP Yorkers|NNPS watch|VBP the|DT local|JJ news|NN ,|, the|DT lowest|JJS viewership|NN in|IN the|DT country|NN ,|, says|VBZ a|DT new|JJ study|NN by|IN Impact|NNP Resources|NNPS Inc.|NN ,|, Columbus|NNP ,|, Ohio|NNP .|. . . .|... 
FreudToy|NNP ,|, a|DT pillow|NN bearing|VBG the|DT likeness|NN of|IN Sigmund|NNP Freud|NNP ,|, is|VBZ marketed|VBN as|IN a|DT $24.95|NN tool|NN for|IN do|VB -|- it|PRP -|- yourself|PRP analysis|NN .|. 

