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...biggest plus I had was that I had more softball experience than the other's in the tournament," Pandole said. "The experience definitely helped, because I wasn't as fit as I was during the season...
...smart outfits from Paris to drink Scotch and reminisce about visits to Europe. "We have two personalities," explains one woman. But when the casual talk subsides, their businessmen-husbands complain about endless problems. Because hard currency is difficult to obtain, they have trouble buying raw materials abroad. The biggest war concern in Tehran is , the uncertain role of the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the region. Iranians are confident they can defeat Iraq but worry about the two superpowers. Iran's worst nightmare is that the Soviet Union and the U.S. will combine to stave off any Iraqi defeat...
Boston's 44-40 halftime lead dropped to 48-47 on Adrian Dantley's short shot in the lane. Then Parish scored 13 points in a 26-14 run that gave the Celtics their biggest lead of the third quarter, 74-61, with 1:05 left...
...last week with an unexpectedly strong showing in elections for local councils. Some 27% of Britain's registered voters, or about 12 million people, cast ballots to fill 12,280 seats throughout Britain -- except in London, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Political pros called the bellwether vote the "world's biggest public opinion poll." The returns seemed to remove any doubt that Thatcher was poised to hit the hustings...
...some thrifts, the new arrangement proved a bonanza. Columbia Savings & Loan Association of Beverly Hills (assets: $9.7 billion) has earned a rate of return on capital that has ranged between 44% and 114% annually for the past four years, vs. 11% to 13% for the 500 biggest companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Columbia invested heavily in high-yield, high-risk junk bonds and volatile mortgage-backed securities, which provide greater profits at lower cost than traditional home mortgages. That kind of speculative strategy works well when interest rates are declining, but it could be disastrous...