Word: hunted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week was a classic. What happened, apparently, was that Nelson Bunker Hunt, one of the world's richest men (see following story), set out with some associates to accumulate immense hoards of silver last year. Their buying helped drive up prices from $6 per oz. in early 1979 to $50 two months ago. The Hunt group then seemingly borrowed against its silver profits to buy other commodities and stocks. But the $50 price of silver could not be sustained, and when it began to slip the whole pyramid began to tumble...
...Pappy Hunt is hoping. The women's track coach is hoping his runners can make up for a lack of depth this spring. He's hoping the UMass squad that appears at Soldiers Field for tomorrow's season opener will be out of shape. And, most importantly, he's hoping to field a healthy squad within the next two weeks...
...Pappy Hunt may be hoping for a miracle. With four of his top athletes hobbled, and two more in his stable now question marks, Hunt will have to do some shuffling and then rely on a talented crop of distance runners to carry the Crimson past UMass. But the Harvard women have never out-dualed a UMass track squad...
That same week, top hurdler Karen Gray stumbled while leaving practice and also sprained her ankle. Then high-jumper Hanna Cox, vacationing in Florida, decided to take up wrestling with her sister's boyfriend, Hunt said. Her grappling career shortlived, she wound up with a crushed sternum and some broken ribs...
...meantime, both Orlans and Hunt agree economic considerations are the primary limiting factor on the use of animals. Although repeal of pound seizure will have little long-term effect on the use of animals in experiments, the dramatic increase in the price of dogs will force researchers to reevaluate the number of dogs they are using--and provide a strong economic incentive to develop alternative research methods...