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...Great Plains and the Midwest were hit hardest by the air mass that rolled in from Canada. In Big Timber, Mont., the wind chill factor (a combination of 15-m.p.h. winds and temperatures of 40 below zero) made it feel as if it were -85°. In Minneapolis, the mercury fell to 29° below, the lowest in 82 years. Power failures kept thousands shivering in the dark. Lander, Wyo. (pop. 7,867), was blacked out for twelve hours; owners of wood-burning stoves invited strangers in to share the warmth. Even the Dynasty crowd loosened up under the chill...
...season, another one with a strike, Washington won a Super Bowl that took this year to confirm. "One reason championship teams usually slip," according to Plunkett, "is that the quarterback's tendencies have all been given away. Joe has put two almost perfect years back to back, the hardest thing imaginable." Behind Theismann's 60% completion rate for more than 3,500 yards, the Redskins are having a record scoring year. Earlier this season Washington made up 15 points in the fourth quarter to beat the Raiders, but each went on to earn favorable field position...
...business into a boisterous free-for-all. Institutions that once paid only 5% for their deposits now need to offer rates of 8% or more on a large portion of their savings accounts. That is one reason why 45 banks-a post-Depression record-have failed this year. Hit hardest in the turmoil are savings banks and savings and loan associations. The number of these thrift institutions has dwindled from about 4,500 to 3,600 since 1980. The strongest survivors, like Buffalo-based Goldome, are rapidly expanding by absorbing their weaker competitors...
Resnick, as Robin, is unfortunately the hardest to hear. He has occasion to sing numerous solos, most of which get drowned out by the frequently overpowering orchestra. Resnick has an excellent stage presence and he delivers his dramatic lines well, strongly conveying his character's unwillingness to accept his role as the crime-committing Duke of Murgatroyd. Yet he speaks his songs, and we never get a chance to hear his real voice...
America, a 15-minute essay broadcast weekly over BBC radio to more than 1 million Britons. The program is rebroadcast to 50 countries on every continent. Last week Cooke turned 75, having recorded the 1,814th letter since his 1946 start. "The hardest time I had reporting this country sympathetically was during the shabby era of Senator Joe McCarthy," he says. Cooke is none too fond of the Reagan era either, contending that abroad the President "is seen as Teddy Roosevelt with a pack of missiles in his hand." And how is Cooke seen? "It's comic but true...