Word: fared
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...finding that the drop in the value of the peso, from 23 to the dollar in 1980 to about 190 today, has more than offset inflationary price rises. A room in the El Mirador Acapulco that went for $38 last year now costs just $16. The Mexico City subway fare is only one-half a U.S. penny, and 65? pays for a movie ticket. But swank shops in Mexico City's so-called Pink Zone can fool the unwary. For his $50 the tourist may get only imitation Gucci shoes, but real Christian Dior and other designer-label apparel...
Norway is the only team which will play all three of its first round matches at Harvard, so fans should have a good opportunity to see how well they fare...
Around the lawns and locker rooms of Wimbledon last week connoisseurs were comparing her to the all-timers - Suzanne Lenglen, Helen Wills Moody, Mo Connolly, King - and speculating, as tennis people do, about how she would fare in dream matches against them. It is part of the respect anyone on the verge of winning this tournament five times gets. But even those who appreciate her no-weakness game tend to overlook the fact that she has come further emotionally than anyone else who has ever played this game...
Back at the White House, Reagan hosted an outdoor fish fry attended by 800 Congressmen and seafood-industry officials. The fare included salmon, lobster, oysters and catfish. Conspicuous by his absence was House Speaker Tip O'Neill, whom White House aides had invited to join Reagan at the head picnic table. O'Neill's aides said the event had never been on the Speaker's schedule. Ventured an observer: "He had other fish...
Many people are in search of inspiration, and that need can be filled with the Square's book fare as well. The Thomas More Book Shop (1352 Mass. Ave.) in Holyoke Center offers a wide range of classical and modern works on theology and spirituality, though one should be prepared to spend a lot of money for enlightenment here. The Shambhala Booksellers (58 John F. Kennedy St.) offers an impressive selection in comparative religion, healing, occult sciences (Tarot, witchcraft, Qabalah), and mythology. These places are for the esoterically minded...