Word: blow
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Already hurt by the absence of leading rusher Tony Hinz (separated shoulder), the Harvard ground game was dealt afatal blow when Bob Glatz suffered a knee injuryin the first half (he may play against Penn, Hinzis probable...
Anxiety was especially high in Detroit, where automakers feared the crash could deal a new blow to car sales, which are already slumping. Maryann Keller, a prominent auto analyst with Furman Selz Mager Dietz & Birney, a Manhattan-based investment firm, predicted that U.S. sales of cars and trucks would fall about 15% next year, to 9.5 million vehicles. One reason for her gloomy forecast, she said, was that the loss of wealth caused by the stock- market decline would have a "significant effect on consumer confidence and the ability to spend...
...still worse crash, a world financial crisis and a shattering global recession. Moreover, there does seem to be a way out. In outline: Start now a program to cut the budget deficit steadily and substantially through a mixture of spending cuts and, yes, tax increases. Cushion the blow to the American economy -- and there will be some blow -- by easing Federal Reserve monetary policy and allowing interest rates to come down. Meanwhile seek the cooperation of foreign nations to ease their own interest rates and stimulate their home economies -- and perhaps let the exchange value of the U.S. dollar gradually...
...fans' deportment that amazed the country, so used to New York City trashing its stadium or Detroit setting fire to the neighborhood. From the first game to the last, both won by the series' MVP Frank Viola, Minnesotans were content to twirl cotton hankies for Kirby Puckett and to blow tin whistles at the Cardinals. Gracious winning was the story of the year in baseball. When Minnesota finally won something, it knew...
...Monday, the government had successfully completed the $2.6 billion sale of state-owned Compagnie Financiere de Suez, a financial combine. Last week Suez's debut on the battered Paris Bourse was suddenly postponed. Reason: in the continuing stock slump, shareholders would be hit by immediate losses. To cushion the blow, the 1.6 million small investors who bought Suez shares may eventually be allowed to pay in installments...