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...Chuichi Nagumo, commander of the Pearl Harbor strike force, had many misgivings about the attack and ultimately failed to exploit its success after carrying out his original orders. When the initial two waves of planes returned to their carriers, Nagumo ordered the task force home. Because the U.S. carriers Lexington and Enterprise were still somewhere at sea, the admiral was concerned about protecting his fleet. Had he sent in another wave of attackers, however, he could easily have destroyed a huge supply of fuel in aboveground tanks. Deprived of that fuel, what was left of the U.S. Pacific Fleet would...
...coed or been closely affiliated with a women's college. Today, only three other secular, four-year liberal arts colleges can make the same claims: Wabash College (enrollment: 780) in Crawfordsville, Ind., and two state-supported military schools, the Citadel in Charleston, S.C., and Virginia Military Institute in Lexington...
...prevailing view on how deep the recession may go is voiced by Allen Sinai, senior economist of Data Resources, Inc., a Lexington, Mass., forecasting firm. He predicts a drop of 2% to 3% in total national output, which would mean only a middling slump, "worse than some of the postwar recessions, but not as bad as others." Sinai, however, has some doubt about his forecast. The current downturn, he notes, began less than a year after the short but sharp recession of mid-1980. "A lot of corporations and financial institutions are in weak condition" because they never fully recovered...
Glenn Rose Lexington...
While the Crimson could simply have sat on its 4-0 halftime lead, Landry kept the pressure on, showing the extra hustle that has made her the team's leading scorer. At 9:20, the Lexington native dribbled by three Big Green defenders on the 18 yard line and rifled a drive toward the near corner of the goal. The ball deflected off the goalpost into the crease where the alert Landry knocked it home...