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...Right now we are preparing for the end of the season, so we peak there," Killar said. "It is good to win now, but not that important. These meets are useful to see where we stand and what we need to work...
...well as advanced skiers. More than 60 models are available, and you can get help from manufacturers www.snowlink.com) retailers and ski magazines in choosing. Among the hot skis this year: K2-Four ($600), Volkl Snow Ranger Lite ($475), Salomon X Mountain ($655), Volant PowerKarve ($555) and Rossignol's "the Peak" ($649), designed by Olympic downhill champion Picabo Street...
...peak of rhetorical obviousness was scaled by the Vice President, who told his audience with an approximation of forcefulness that "the solution that you're developing must be a solution that works." Advocating neither censorship nor license--and perhaps mindful of a recent New Yorker piece that claimed President Clinton is worried that Gore will fumble the New Democrat legacy--the V.P. suggested that the industry find "a third way, an American way." No skin off anyone's nose there...
Though most of the Oct. 27 drop in the stock market was recouped the next day, prices have remained volatile. Sinai thinks, however, that the Dow Jones industrial average would have to sink to 7000 (vs. levels over 8200 at its August peak and about 7700 in mid-November) and stay there for a year to make people feel so poor that they would cut consumer spending sharply. Weinberg, meanwhile, sees a silver lining in market volatility. It may dissuade "Gladys and Gary in Indiana" from borrowing from their mutual fund or ira to buy a car or house. That...
...certain sense, the offensive line's progress encapsulates that of the Harvard program toward this peak of the Ivy League championship. Players who have worked together for several seasons now have sufficient confidence in each other to mesh into a winning unit...