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...looking forward to it," Yale's Scott Farber said. "It's definitely one of the biggest matches of the year. We're approaching the match as if we didn't beat Princeton...
Thirteen years ago, Jack Barnaby's last match as Harvard's coach was against a heavily favored Princeton squad. But Harvard pulled off one of the biggest upsets in collegiate squash, capturing a 6-3 victory...
...film, George Bailey took that advice to heart and, despite the requisite dramatic difficulties, made his family's building and loan association a pillar of the community. But in real life, the outcome has been much different. America's failed savings and loans have become the country's biggest, most scandalous financial mess. Devastated by a legacy of bad management, rampant fraud and inept Government supervision, more than 500 of the 3,150 federally insured thrifts had fallen into insolvency as of the beginning of last year. Because the U.S. failed to own up to the problem and launch...
Edwin Gray, chairman of the Bank Board from 1983 to 1987, bitterly accuses congressional leaders of bowing to industry pressure. He claims that S & L lobbyists tried to coerce him by warning that his future career in the business would be ruined if he opposed them. One of the biggest defenders of S & L liberties was Texan Jim Wright, now Speaker of the House. Wright has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, which has been trying to determine whether he used "undue influence" in dealing with officials of the Bank Board...
...ability to store and transmit images that has made still-video technology attractive to professionals, from architects to fashion photographers. Real estate brokers, for example, use it to show pictures of houses to clients in distant cities. Among the biggest consumers have been news organizations, which use the cameras to cover everything from sports events to political conventions. When the Oscar for best picture is awarded in late March, USA Today plans to capture the moment with a professional Sony still-video system and transmit the pictures to printing plants in minutes. The shots will not be as sharp...