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...seemed reminiscent of the "You Auto Buy Now" blitz of the late 1950s. The U.S. auto industry is in its worst sales slump since the recession of 1958. Pressured by a phalanx of woes ranging from high gasoline prices to plunging consumer confidence and virulent inflation that has driven car prices to record levels, sales for U.S. models in early November were running at a paltry annual pace of 5.4 million. That was sharply below the 7.5 million rate for October and nowhere near the record 11.5 million in sales last year...
...soccer team was and is a reality. It is supposed to blitz the Ivy booters' circuit. The only obstacle between them and the title is Harvard...
...shooting was another in the killing blitz that has hit Chicago in the past few weeks. The same weekend seven people were killed by gunshot, and another 41 were wounded in nonfatal shootings. The previous weekend's death toll was 26, marking it as one of the bloodiest periods in the city's history since the St. Valentine's Day Massacre...
...three are thrown together as schoolgirls during World War II. Evacuated from London to escape the blitz, Chloe and Marjorie arrive in Grace's village, where class barriers have sagged enough to allow Chloe-daughter of a widowed barmaid-into Grace's country house and Marjorie's company. The intimacies of this time are not forgotten. The girls move on to separate but similar lives. They marry, miscarry, share lovers and the care of children. They remain friends, although Chloe notes: "Our loyalties are to men, not to each other...
...Green did not allow the Bruins an easy victory, however. Until the Brown blitz in the second half, that contest was tied 2-2, thanks to some serious defensive work by Dartmouth and two assists by Bruce Boker, who is credited with feeding 5 goals so far this season...