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Despite an expected crunch during yesterday afternoon's prime registration hours, "the amount did not seem as many as should have come," said Marion R. Briefer, associate for major reunions. "Probably many people are planning to come at the last minute, but because of the security, I'm not confident they'll make it to [the Foundation Day] convocation," Briefer said...
...accumulating mountain of data about the universe. "God is breaking through," he announces. "They've been scraping away at physical reality all these centuries, and now the layer of the little left we don't understand is so fine God's face is staring right out at us." Crunch enough numbers through the right program, the visitor promises, and the purposeful hand of the Creator will emerge for all to see. Roger's response is not encouraging: "I must confess I find your whole idea aesthetically and ethically repulsive. Aesthetically because it describes a God Who lets Himself be intellectually...
...alleviate the housing crunch, the Summer School has already taken over the top floors of the River houses and all of Claverly Hall, both of which they had not planned to do. The top floors are usually very hot and uncomfortable in the summertime, so the School has not used them in the past. Some students may also not receive singles...
...recession, Lusinchi has little political room to maneuver. He has already promised that a job-creating $5 billion public-works program will not be touched. Venezuelans are counting on their nation's $13.7 billion of foreign-exchange reserves, the largest in Latin America, to see them through the current crunch...
...financial crunch has depleted the once proud merchant marines of Western countries. Britain's fleet has shrunk in a decade from more than 1,600 ships to just 614. One reason is the country's high labor costs. A British crew for a bulk carrier costs an estimated $1.5 million a year, vs. only $550,000 for Korean sailors or $275,000 for Chinese...