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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That policy could be risky. Rising metals prices feed inflation by pushing up costs for a range of products and processes. Last week, for example, Kodak (1978 sales: $7.1 billion) announced a 7.5% jump in its retail film prices to help offset the rise in the cost of silver, which could add nearly $1.5 billion to the company's overhead this year. The largest users of industrial silver are hospitals, which require vast quantities for X-ray film. When the prices go up, hospital costs rise, insurance premiums climb, and federal Medicare and Medicaid outlays, already among the biggest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Gold and Silver Go Bonkers | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

Other winners included Kim Johnson in the shot put (42 ft. 81/4 in.), Hannah Cox in the high jump (5 ft. 1/2 in.), Kerry Bryan in the long jump (15 ft. 8 1/2 in.), Anita Diaz in the two-mile (12:28.1), Karen Gray in the 60-yd. hurdles (9.5 seconds...

Author: By Jack A. Laschever, | Title: Beckford Clocks Season's Best Mile | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

Earlier, two wins by McNulty (mile, 1000) and Murphy (two-mile, 880), and two apparent seconds from Dixon had put the thinclads in good shape. But an unexpected loss in the long jump and the news that Dixon's runner-up spot in the 600 had been forfeited due to a lane violation vaulted Northeastern right back into the running...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Tracksters Upset Huskies, 71-65 | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

...Chapus, in his first race ever at the distance, narrowly missed setting a school record when he blazed to victory in the 440 with a time of 49.17. In addition, pole vaulter Dave Randall turned in his best performance in Harvard colors when he won the event with a jump...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Tracksters Upset Huskies, 71-65 | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

Middle distance man Mike Ferrari, who handed Dixon his first defeat of the year in the 600 and ran the anchor leg of the mile relay, paced the Northeastern attack. As expected, the Huskies swept the high jump and nabbed first in the hurdles and the shot...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Tracksters Upset Huskies, 71-65 | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

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