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...nymphet with a heart of gold. All that is left is the oldtime star power of the lead performers: Robertson, with his motel-room eyes and a voice like pure nicotine; Gary Busey, strong and lovable behind his goony, gummy smile; and Jodie Foster, poised for a swan dive into young womanhood. Look at Foster's face now-a fascinating mask of planes, points and dumpling cheeks-and you see her potential for turning into Meryl Streep or Angela Lansbury...
Three volunteers at Duke University in Durham, N.C., set a world record this spring when they spent 28 days in a pressure tank to simulate a dive 2,132ft. into the sea. To raise money for the American Heart Association, Ohio State University students played a 4,378-seat game of musical chairs last month and broke the old record of 3,728 chairs...
Despite the sharp dive, the slump continues to look like a "two-and-a-half industry recession," according to Michael Evans, a private Washington economist. The two: autos and housing. The half: recreational products like vans, boats and outboard motors. All three areas represent purchases that consumers are generally able to postpone in times of economic uncertainty. In addition to the housing drop, auto sales declined 42% in the first ten days of May over the same period last year, and sales of recreational vehicles were off 40% in the first quarter...
...three weeks later, the falseness of that proposition was driven home: Harvard did a nose dive in the Nationals. At its peak, Harvard could up end a national power that was saving something for those Nationals; but that Championship meet showed that, Harvard University, is still a long way from athletic superstardom on a large-scale level...
...Trachoma, prevalent in the Middle East, has been linked to a variety of housefly that needs salinated water during its breeding cycle, and gets it from the human eye. Says Wilson: "It can dive-bomb the eye and be in and out before you can blink." The disease-causing microorganism is deposited during the attacks. Blindness can be prevented by applying antibiotics around the eye. The cost: only 50? per patient per year...