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Michael Leon Carr is the best at his position in the history of the National Basketball Association. His position is the end of the bench, not far from the end of the line. "But it isn't just a bench," he insists. "It's the Boston Celtics' bench. It's a throne." To say the least, this attitude annoys opposing fans, who are used to brooders at the ends of benches. And the fans are right to be bothered by M.L. Carr, worrying his white towel at them like a red cloth at a bull. Even more than Larry Bird...
Even Bird comes back to the bench sometimes and hears, "Hey, we don't need that shot." Celtics can talk to one another this way. Says Carr: "Someone might tell me, 'You're goofing around too much. Cool it.' O.K. But we're together slam-dunking the ball with Parish, together stealing it with Dennis Johnson. And when Bird goes off on one of his games, we're excited for ourselves...
...icewomen, an old face was shining as brightly as the new one. Senior Tracy Kimmel, a three-year backup to graduated superstar Cheryl Tale, finally shifted responsibilities from opening and closing the bench gate for her teammates to guarding...
...rate increases. In addition, the steady decline of interest rates has given thrifts a breather by reducing their cost of attracting deposits. The welcome trend continued last week. The Federal Reserve Board cut the rate it charges its member banks from 8% to 7.5%. Several major banks dropped their bench-mark prime rate by half a percentage point to 10%, the lowest since 1978. The easing of rates has helped most thrifts make profits again. While about 85% of thrifts were losing money in 1981 and 25% were still in the red early last year, only about...
...wind was so awful that our rowing felt like leg press, bench pull, leg press, bench pull the whole way," said seven-seat Alison Townley...