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Allard handed to wingback Steve Ernst, who took off up the middle for what looked like a big gainer. When he got to his own 48, however, the ball was knocked loose by a Penn defender...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: After One Quarter, It's 10-0 | 11/6/1984 | See Source »

Institutional investors like pension-fund managers showed interest again in the eight new companies. Those stocks had not changed in value much since trading started in November, but they rose smartly last week. The biggest gainer was U S West, which climbed more than 7 points, to 63⅞. The other operating companies also showed handsome increases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...blocked punt and safety led to the final touchdown. A shaken Coroniti had to kick away from the Penn 20. His first punt went out of bounds; his second, from the 15, traveled only to the Quaker 48. With only one big gainer, a 17-yard pass to wingback Jim Fadule, Harvard pushed down to the four before Gizzi rolled off left tackle to make...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: In The First Place, It's Harvard, 28-0 | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...with Army looking to score on its third straight possession, Dixon grabbed the spotlight. Healy had left with a shoulder injury near the end of the third quarter: when his replacement. Bill Turner, tried to hit tight end Mark Triplett near the sideline for a short gainer, Dixon just stepped in the way for the ninth-longest interception return in Crimson history...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Army Intercepted on the March, 24-21 | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

...swiftest gainer on the N.Y.S.E. was actually not a stock but a warrant, a security that gives its owner the right to purchase a stock at a set price over a period of time. The winning warrant was for Chrysler Corp., at $13 a share until 1985. As the year started, Chrysler stock was selling at 3⅜, so that the opportunity to buy a share at 13 was not worth much: the warrant sold for 1¼. By year's end, however, Chrysler shares had gunned ahead to 17¾, and the warrant was trading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year It Paid to Buy Bonds | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

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