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Despite his accomplishments, including 1500-meter victories in the IC4A's in 1981 and 1983 and captaining the 1981 cross-country team, Dixon has had a roller coaster career at Harvard. A foot injury incurred during a dual meet with Army sidelined the track star for 14 months. At the time vying to become the top collegiate middle distance runner; after the injury many counted Dixon out of the running...
...would think twice about buying costly new energy-efficient equipment. Some economists fear that the industrial nations could once again become dangerously dependent on unstable and unreliable foreign oil supplies. Says William Cline, a fellow at Washington's Institute for International Economics: "We could be on a roller coaster, and if the price drops too low, it could later shoot up again even higher, say to $50 a barrel...
...radio any longer, but at $52.95 it could hardly be a match for this year's $39.95 portable AM-FM that also carries the audio portion of TV channels. Still, the misty veil of nostalgia only enhances the appeal of a Lionel electric train set ($12.79), all-steel coaster wagon ($1.98), 26-piece doll-house ($1.98) or 15-in. mohair Teddy bear...
Thursday was another roller-coaster day. In the morning the bulls routed the bears and sent the Dow up nearly 16 points by 1:30 p.m. Then rumors that New York City's Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. might suffer heavy losses on loans to the Mexican government, which is having serious financial difficulties, helped drive the Dow down 14 points in the next hour. When the report was denied by the bank, the market staged another furious rally, and the Dow ended the day up 9.14. After the passage of the tax bill on Thursday night, the market exploded...
...more than anyone to help me make a movie on budget. While we were preparing Raiders he would tell me, 'You've got a $50 million imagination with a $10 million thought behind it.' " Together, the two young tycoons built plenty of twists into their roller coaster of a plot, brought Raiders in under its $20 million budget and made it one of the top four money-earning films in the U.S. The other three: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Jaws...