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...much heralded All Savers Certificates were supposed to bring an avalanche of deposits into the nation's desperately troubled savings institutions. Yet sales at both commercial banks and savings and loans are turning out to be somewhat of a letdown. Since they became available on Oct. 1, only about $40 billion worth of the new certificates has been sold, and $15 billion of that amount rolled in during the program's first week, when banks pressed an advertising blitz promoting them. Treasury officials now estimate that total deposits over the one-time-only, 15-month life...
...booters could have picked any one of a number of excuses after last night's contest--a letdown from Wednesday's tremendous 0-0 deadlock with Hartwick, the eight-hour bus ride to Ithaca, or the unfamiliar astroturf and game time...
...sides of the triangle. Prove that the incenter and the circumcenter of the triangle, and the point O are collinear.)* Though the problems were Greek to laymen and probably would have taxed many a math teacher, the test left the youngsters, especially the Americans, totally unimpressed. "This was a letdown," complained Harvard-bound Benjamin Fisher, 18, of New York City, who said that the exam was far too easy for so important a contest. "I was insulted." Added Jeremy Primer, 16, of Maplewood, N.J.: "It was a joke...
...more harmful than equally moderate doses of alcohol or marijuana, and infinitely less so than heroin, it has its dark and destructive side. The euphoric lift, the feeling of being confident and on top of things that comes from a few brief snorts, is often followed by a letdown; regular use can induce depression, edginess and weight loss. As usage increases, so does the danger of paranoia, hallucinations and a totally "strung out" physical collapse, not to mention a devastation of the nasal membrane (see box page 61). And usage does tend to increase. Says one initiate: "After...
...ending is a preachy letdown, what goes before it makes The Fan a surprisingly worthwhile exercise in suspense, a bright, brisk horror show that someone over the age of 16 can sit through enjoyably. And profitably, since it provides an acute, cautionary portrait not only of an all too recognizable lunatic of our time, but of the enviable people and milieu that, viewed from his furnished room, drive him crazy. -By Richard Schickel