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THE TIMES 100 / Potpourri : Quirks, Oddities, Trivia and Other Tidbits About Some of the Companies Found in This Year’s Times 100.

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Compiled by DAVID OLMOS / Los Angeles Times

Hasta la Vista, Baby: International Totalizator Systems may sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest business interest, but it’s actually a Carlsbad company that makes computer systems for racetracks and state lotteries.

On the Fairway: *Callaway Golf, *Cobra Golf, *Charter Golf. The stocks of these golf companies were hot in 1993. Callaway Golf and Cobra Golf make oversized golf clubs, while Charter Golf produces golf apparel.

Room With A View--Not!: You can see the airport-but not San Francisco Bay-from the corporate offices of Bay View Capital Corp., a bank holding company in San Mateo.

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Cattle Drives, Campfires & Cowboys...: *Homestake Mining, *Tejon Ranch, *Adobe Systems

They Must Be Doing Something Right: Companies that ranked among the top 100 in profitability, total sales, market value, sales growth and employees: *Applied Materials, *Countrywide Credit. *Intel, *Oracle Systems, *Solectron.

Frank’s Kind of Company: Dames & Moore, a San Francisco environmental services company.

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