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...singularly unpredictable in years past, with its violent and frequent pendulum swings from left to right. Clearly, the Communist nation has much to gain from protecting its capitalist jewel: the per capita gross domestic product of Hong Kong is 18 times that of China, and already the 400-sq.-mile colony supplies its colossal neighbor with up to 40% of its entire foreign-exchange earnings. Even those practical considerations, however, could be swept aside during a leftist backlash. In that event, noted a veteran China hand in the British Foreign Office, "the rational argument of the need for hard currency...
Despite a tortuous five-mile course that sent two of the top eight finishers off on wrong turns, the Harvard men's cross country team snagged six of those finishing positions yesterday in Providence and defeated Brown to run its record...
...week to nominate candidates for the Senate seat vacated by ailing Democrat Paul Tsongas, there were signs that the political winds were shifting. In a stunning upset, Political Neophyte Raymond Shamie, a conservative Republican businessman and unabashed Reagan booster, trounced former Attorney General Elliot Richardson, a progressive with a mile-long resume of public service, by an astounding 24 points (62% to 38%). Said Boston Political Consultant Michael Goldman...
...five mornings a weeks," says Lowell House senior Sarah Tracy, the association's president. That means rising around 5:30 a.m. to meet the team at 6:15, and then departing on a 25,30 or 40-mile loop throughout the metropolitan Boston area...
...people who have especially early classes, alternatives exist. People who have 9 a.m. classes "have to go short," says Tracy. That means either the 25- or the 30-mile loop, she adds...