After special charges, net income dropped nearly 45 percent for the year.

Without the special charge, third quarter 1987 revenue would have been $350.5 million, or $1.85 a share.

In 1989, without such large special charges, the company earned $1.16 billion.

The company said its 1988 net income before the special charges was $198 million, or $1.19 a share.

Without the special charges of $1.06 billion, the company would have earned $792 million.

The special charge was announced after the close of trading.

They had been her special charges, and she would not live to see them grow up.

A special charge of $53 million for environmental programs created the loss in domestic operations.

This year, there were no special charges, the company said.

Including special charges, the company formally reported a loss of $54.2 billion, or $12.25 a share.