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Still, the 20% gap between the different prices revived skepticism about the durability of the "two-tier" price system. In last year's gold rush, the $3 billion that drained out of official reserves created a price-stabilizing oversupply of the metal in the free market. Now that cushion is depleted because speculators have bought it up. If the price gap grows larger, the central bankers of smaller nations might be tempted to unload official stocks of gold at the much higher free-market price-thereby circumventing the two-tier arrangement...
...seven straight points on three incredible drives to put Harvard in the lead at 30-29. Then, after senior Paul Waickowski had come off the bench in fine style to replace a foul-laden Kanuth, Hardy sank a turn-around at the buzzer for a 39-37 half-time cushion...
Both Turco and Cavanagh should insure that the defense has a comfortable cushion on which to make mistakes and gain experience. Weiland characterizes them both as "unselfish" players who are always willing to pass to the wing for the score, and that type of attitude usually wins games...
...handed to it on a silver platter. Presidents and their Administrations naturally want to feed out information as they see fit, preferably in such a way as to make them look good. Last week Richard Nixon, who has always had trouble with the press, set up a system to cushion or deflect this inevitable conflict, which is inevitably known as the credibility...
...solve the problem, say engineers of Seattle's Aero-Go Inc., is to keep the planes aloft even when they are on the ground. They have done just that by developing a device that can literally float giant jetliners over concrete aprons, taxiways and hangar floors on a cushion...