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After the figures were announced, the price of A T & T stock rose by 1⅛ to 63⅛, on a one-day trading volume of 2.2 million shares, one of the heaviest ever for any single stock. It was a sizable movement for A T & T, which rarely goes up or down by so much in one trading session...
Meanwhile, the U.S. Marines stationed at Beirut airport again came under fire. In the heaviest fighting in the capital since last September's ceasefire, a nightlong fusillade of mortars and grenades rained down on Alpha Company, stationed northeast of the airfield. The attack, which came from a predominantly Shi'ite Muslim suburb, closed the airport for two hours and hastened the redeployment of 150 to 200 Marines to offshore ships...
...booth, to be manned by one officer from 8 a.m. until midnight, will cover the neighborhood during its heaviest crime period each day, according to City Councilor Saundra Graham...
...answer. In exquisite detail, they showed how the stellar furnaces forge progressively heavier atoms out of lighter ones. They provided a number of pathways for the fusion reactions, including one in which a giant star eventually explodes in a super nova and unleashes forces powerful enough to create the heaviest known naturally occurring elements such as uranium. Fowler subsequently refined these ideas so he could predict exactly what ele ments would be found in a particular type of star. These predictions have been al most precisely matched by astronomical observations...
...French remains the second language. They have stationed themselves in Beirut proper, maintaining highly visible patrols in vehicles and on foot through the city. Partly because of their high exposure, and also because they have undertaken extensive disposal of unexploded bombs from previous fighting, they have suffered the heaviest casualties. Operating from the ambassador's former residence, which was heavily damaged in last year's war, they live comfortably, enjoying three warm meals a day, with a choice of imported beer or Lebanese wine with dinner...