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Even the gloomiest figures, though, now offer some paradoxical cheer. The fourth-quarter dive in G.N.P. resulted largely from a cleanout of inventories of unsold goods, especially cars. That puts business in a position to raise production sharply and rehire workers once final sales turn up, as auto sales already have. Housing starts last year, at 1,061,000, were the fewest since 1946. But the monthly rate, even after a December setback, has jumped 43% from its October 1981 low. Further increases are likely because of a sharp drop in mortgage interest rates that also was the primary force...
...Crimson, as the stickwomen continued attacking the Eli goal. Six minutes after Harvard's first near-score, left wing Jennifer White broke through the Yale defense at midfield White broke through the ball at fall speed for her one-on-one with Bulldog Sellers, and only a brilliant dive by the Eli goalie just inside the penalty circle stopped White's bid to end the scoring deadlock...
...incident that occurred during this year's. Army game highlights the danger inherent in the athletic part of cheering. sophomore Jenni Goodall had just reached the top of a three-level pyramid when she "basically did a perfect back dive head first into cement. I just remained dazed on the ground for awhile until several people rushed over saying they were doctors and asked to help" Luckly, Goodall incurred no serious injury...
...mind, it is purely as an illuminating contrast: in these movies, O'Toole played characters bigger than life; here, his tawdry character is so grandly portrayed that O'Toole becomes bigger than the rest of the film. Don't let the credits fool you--O'Toole takes a Swan dive but comes up playing nothing less than O'Toole. He still has that slightly pathetic, glassy-eyed stare that refuses to acknowledge the presence of either camera or audience. But this performance has a new focus. Rather than underscoring his decline by clinging to heroic roles (as Swann does...
...watches the loon dive...