Word: mainstays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson divers, the mainstay of the 4-1 Harvard squad, trounced Brown in the one-meter event, bringing Harvard as close as it would be all night, 40-39. Last year's Ivy champion, junior Adriana Holy, prevailed over teammate Jennifer Goldberg with a score of 261.9. Later in the meet, Harvard divers again scored heavily as Goldberg combined with fellow freshman Missy Karas for another one-two sweep...
Many savings and loan associations, which have always been the mainstay of home financing, are also hurting. To keep their deposits, these thrift institutions must pay as much as 16% interest, though many of the old mortgages on their books earn them less than 10%. As a result, an estimated 85% of all S and Ls are losing money. Administration officials are confident that most of the S and Ls have large enough capital reserves to tide them over until rates fall. But some financial experts are not so sure. Says the president of one of the largest U.S. commercial...
...time, more than one-fifth of the county's residents were slaves. Cotton was the mainstay of the economy, but this was not grand plantation country: small family parcels made slavery mostly pointless. North Carolina came late to the lost cause of secession. Jesse Helms claims no fallen captains...
Fans across the country were dismayed. The rituals of baseball are a mainstay of American life, and some lifelong habits were disrupted by the strike. Said Lester Wilson, an optometrist from East Point, Ga.: "An old man like me, baseball's all I get a kick out of. I'm sick about it. I won't have anything to do at night...
Rudolph Bell, professor of history at Rutgers, yesterday called Laiou a "mainstay" of the department and said he feels "very badly" that she will leave Rutgers. "We made a very generous alternative offer which after much consideration she turned down," he said...