Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lady of Pity, a Roman Catholic church in North Cambridge, Mass., had never before seemed so aptly named. Looking ahead to the coming winter, the priests were stunned to discover that their heating-oil bill for 1979 will make even the $12,000 they paid last year look like a bargain. To cut costs, they plan to close off the 1,100-seat main sanctuary during the cold months and hold services in the church chapel and chapel hall, which together can accommodate only 500 worshipers. Explains one priest: "It is simply a question of 45 gal. an hour...
...relief. The peak of inflation has been reached, but the road down will be slow. David Grove, a private consultant and former chief economist for IBM, foresees a 1980 inflation rate of 9.5%, or double the level of only three years ago. Says he: "Inflation will continue as long ahead as we can see." Okun maintains that the latest surge of inflation has placed the economy on a higher price plateau, where it will stay for years to come. Even after the recession is over, he predicts, prices will be increasing by 8% annually...
...Crimson lineman do not have the size to "blow out" the opposition. With the Flex, where everyone is shifting, the Crimson can take advantage of motion to offset much of the size disadvantage. But from the power-I or other such conventional formations, Harvard will be moving straight ahead and may find it tough to open the holes...
Hail had good reason to be nervous, with a history of discouraging experiences in Harvard theater behind him. This time he had asked the play's associate producer in advance if race would be a consideration in the casting, and since she had told him to go ahead and try out, Hail sat in the Loeb, waiting and hoping...
Pitching in relief of starter and winner Mike Flanagan, Stanhouse entered in the top of the ninth with a 9-6 lead. A walk and several hits suddenly put the tying and go-ahead runs on second and third and Don Baylor, the American League's RBI champion, at the plate. Oriole manager Earl Weaver elected to walk Baylor and pitch instead of Downing...