Word: gales
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...third session went without an incident, except for the Seahawks' surprise quarterback tiptoe, which scored them a goal. They made the free throw, too, which earned them an extra few seconds on the clock. But right after that, Gale Sawyers, one of the best Bear guards ever, and one of the best ever in the American League West, scored four lay-ups to put the St. Louis Bay Buccaneers so far behind that they didn't stand a chance with only a few seconds remaining in the third quarter...
Confident in their absolute safety, the predominantly Norwegian crew went about business as usual on the fateful evening, despite the mounting gale winds and violent waves that began to buffet the platform. Some of the men were relaxing in their sleeping quarters, others eating in the mess hall or taking in a movie. At 6:30 p.m., their floating world collapsed...
...Thatcher's program, though, has been heavily buffeted amid a gale of bad economic news. Inflation has risen from 8% to 18% and confidential government studies suggest that unemployment, only 1.3 million last spring, will rise to over 2 million next year. Businesses cut capital spending by 3% last year and will drop it another 10% this year. The 1979 current trade deficit totaled $5.5 billion, vs. a 1978 surplus of $1.5 billion. The British Treasury, in a gloomy report, now suggests that this year's projected economic slump will be even worse than the 1973-74 decline...
Leading finance men, including former West German Bundesbank President Otmar Emminger, warn of bad trouble looming ahead. Chase Bank Chairman David Rockefeller says with a nautical flair: "What we see ahead are treacherous economic seas and gale-force financial winds, strong enough to capsize even large, well-manned ships." Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey paints a chilling future in which soaring oil prices could all too easily threaten bankruptcy for entire nations, forcing them to default on loans to Western banks. This, he says, "could bring the whole international banking system crashing down...
...Friese '79, token: Rams, 23-2 President Jimmy Carter, California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr., former Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty, Isaac Asimov, Gale Sayers, Norman Mailer '43. Ronald Reagan and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) could not be reached for comment...