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...quick-playing field should have been a boon to the Crimson eleven, which in recent contests has perfected a maneuverable offense based on pinpoint passing and individual speed...
...statewide victory for Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan. Javits' presence on the Liberal line may draw enough votes to independent candidate John B. Anderson, also running as a Liberal, to cost Carter the election Anderson's campaign strategists in New York say they see Javits' candidacy as a "tremendous Boon" to the Anderson campaign...
Although it didn't feel good for Army (one plebe sighed as the game ended, not enthusiastic about the frustration that upperclassmen would doubtlessly project onto his freshmen class), Saturday's showing was a boon for the Crimson. "Army's considered big-time and it was great to go there and beat them," Foley said yesterday. "We (the secondary) weren't lacking confidence in ourselves, but others were. This sets us up as a good, solid secondary...
...goes "The Energy Game". Corporations like Westinghouse and Exxon which serve the nation's energy needs must convince people their products are indispensible. Their forecasts might prove correct--many people see a boon to the nuclear energy market after 1982. But, for now, (the only certain thing anyone can say about the energy future is that it's uncertain...
...natural order, none is accelerating quite so alarmingly as the creation of chemical compounds. Through their genius, modern alchemists brew as many as 1,000 new concoctions each year in the U.S. alone. At last count, nearly 50,000 chemicals were on the market. Many have been an undeniable boon to mankind, mitigating pain and disease, prolonging life for millions and expanding the economy in myriad ways by stimulating the creation of new products. There is, however, a price to pay for an industrial society that has come to rely so heavily on chemicals: almost 35,000 of those used...