Word: loads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gielen will have to carry the scoring load early in the season, because Harvard will be without the complete services of its other three leading scorers returning from last year, Co-Captain Neil Phillips, senior forward Kevin Collins and sophomore Ralph James...
...Special tools had to be sent from China. The English translation of the instructions supplied by the manufacturer was often puzzling. A sample sentence: "Starting direction signal is sent out in electric part, enabling main servomotor open, increasing speed of generating unit and reach to steady speed under no load under the function of auto adjusting speed." Deciphering such instructions and reconciling the various pieces of equipment caused a delay of one year, during which interest payments and other costs continued...
Risks arise, though, when takeovers force a company to assume excessive debt. The proposed buyout of RJR Nabisco, for example, could load the company with enough debt to make it vulnerable to rising interest rates and a recession. Since Philip Morris will borrow about $9 billion to buy Kraft, its obligations too could become uncomfortable. The tobacco conglomerate is confident, however, that its cigarette business will generate enough cash to pay off its debts...
...Burns' course offerings reflect his interests in ancient and Renaissance architecture. He carries a typical teaching load at the school, supervising one full-year survey course and two half-year seminars on subjects such as Mesopotamian structures and ancient Greek and Roman buildings, as well as seminars on Renaissance and Baroque architechure, which is Burns' own specialty...
Secondary: These guys don't have a whole heck of a lot to be proud of either. Princeton has surrendered a load of points, including 35 to Bucknell, 30 to Holy Cross and 27 to Brown. Junior cornerback Frank Leal was an honorable mention All-Ivy choice in 1987. Free safety Mike Hires has 32 tackles...