Word: ibs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, nickel, tin and silver). For the past eight months, however, the exchange has been in turmoil. While prices for other commodities have been falling, the price of tin has been rising steeply. Since July, it has shot up nearly 30%, to more than $7.50 per Ib...
Another roadblock to Tinpec is the U.S., which has stockpiled 200,000 tons of the metal as a strategic reserve to be used in case of war. The tin was bought three decades ago for an average price of only $1.08 per Ib., and the General Services Administration in the past four months has sold 6,470 tons of it for up to $7.49 per Ib. Says Roy Markon, a GSA commissioner: "Why should we be worried about a contrived shortage? It is of great benefit to our sales program and good for the taxpayer...
...Paul Widerman started Harvard off in the right direction with a 15-1 decision in the first match, but the team quickly lit into some strong headwinds. A wine 7-7 tie between Harvard's Rick Beller and Cornell's Rick Arayo and a Cornell decision in the 134 Ib, weight class led up to two decisive matches at 142 and 150 Ibs...
...tried a new strategy for this match, juggling Fritz Campbell and Andy McNerney in the middle weight classes in an attempt to secure two wins. The strategy backfired as McNerney, wrestling up one weight class from his accustomed 142 Ib, division, scored a superior decision in the 150 Ib, class, but Fritz Campbell lost the most frustrating bout of the match to Cornell's Phil Heflin...
Mark Cooley also lost a close-one, suffering a last moment takedown at the hands of Bob Wirth in the 177 Ib, class. In the unlimited the weight match. Jim Phills could have tied the meet with a pin over Bob Suren in the final match. Phills fought to an overpowering victory over Suren, but failed to score the requisite fall. Phills did, in fact, pin Suren, but he did so the buzzer sounded, negating the pin and turning the Crimson dream into a nightmare...