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Stephens, a 5'6'' freshman from Conrad, Arkansas, demonstrated to the crowd that a fast start, speed in the straightaways, and classical hurdling form can ably compensate for any height advantage his opponents might have...
Downzoning would have put floor area and height limitations on new development in Alewife, which is currently zoned for industrial use. The restrictions would have decreased the cost of developing land for light industry and office space...
...roughly a third of its value in a single day, falling as low as $10.20. Stories that Hunt was also selling other commodities touched off a frenzy that hammered prices not only of gold but also of copper, cotton and even cattle. Gold alone, which had reached a preposterous height of $850 per oz. in late January, dropped to a low of $463 last week. In the stock market, further rumors reported that Hunt and his associates were dumping stocks to raise cash in order to repay their silver loans, and that their maneuvers had threatened the major investment house...
Orren's polls show "the public has never believed that Carter is an extremely competent leader. He was getting some high marks at the height of Iran, mostly for restraint.... But even then, people understood that he had failed his way into that...
...Stern Gang during the struggle for Israel's independence, and a very determined hawk. Shamir abstained from voting on both the Camp David accords and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty when they came before the Knesset for approval. One opposition spokesman charged in parliament that it was "the height of absurdity" to name a foreign policy spokesman opposed to his government's major diplomatic achievement. Officials in Cairo and Washington professed not to be worried, however, arguing that the only one who sets foreign policy in Jerusalem is Premier Menachem Begin...