So far the appeal has received nearly $4.5 million in contributions, significantly below last year's record but nevertheless the second-highest figure in the history of the fund.

The Braves countered with $5.2 million, second-highest figure ever put in by a club.

In October, the city's 231 hotels reported an occupancy rate of 91.9 percent, the second-highest monthly figure ever.

Providence shot 52.8 percent, the second-highest figure against the Huskies this season and the second time they have allowed an opponent to exceed 50 percent.

In Brief The nation's trade deficit rose in July to $9.33 billion, the second-highest monthly figure this year.

The next season he produced 426 shots, the second-highest figure for a season.

In all, the department predicted that 70 percent of manufacturing industries would see their shipments rise in 1987, the second-highest such figure since 1978.

Some 42% of children in the ward live in poverty, the second-highest figure in Gateshead.

Henry Aaron later got 97.8 percent, the second-highest such figure.

Bankruptcies (mostly property-related) reached 642 billion ($4.9 billion) in January - the second-highest monthly figure ever, and almost one-third of last year's total.