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...side of the pool stood the Harvard team, not yet in peak condition-on purpose. Harvard opted for the conditioning strategy: shave and taper distances later in the season, when Princeton and the Easterns roll around--when the schedule means something...
Quicker than you can say "currency speculation," the U.S. dollar has slumped to the lowest levels since last spring, completely wiping out the effects of a summer rally that had lifted the currency nearly 10% by late August, to a peak of 136 yen. Buoyed in part by a booming U.S. economy, the currency threatened to become strong enough to hinder progress in closing the trade...
Neither Pilgrim or Rowe has ever significantly contributed to the energy needs of state consumers, because neither has ever worked well enough to operate at peak efficiency. Rowe ran at reduced efficiency for more than three years recently due to equipment failures, and Pilgrim, which has never operated at a level better than 50 percent of capacity since it opened in 1972, has been closed for repairs since 1986. Much more efficient alternatives exist and are ready to take up the slack of closing these plants according to energy conservation groups...
Little, if anything, will change in the final club situation because of the council's statement, which comes so long after the peak of debate last spring. It is past the time for mere discussion and statements. After months of debate on the morality of exclusive, all-male clubs on a campus that loudly touts its diversity, most students have made up their minds about whether they believe the clubs should admit women. Those who do, including the council, should demonstrate this belief, literally...
Bram Stoker's novel The Lair of the White Worm is nothing like a great book, but its outline offers Russell plenty of fodder for his fantasies. An archaeologist unearths the skull of a giant reptile and thus unleashes a pestilence on England's Peak district, courtesy of Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe). In her worship of a humongous subterranean worm, this venomous vamp sprouts fangs, spits at crucifixes, sups on the locals and searches for a sacrificial virgin -- no mean feat, since Russell has set his story in the 1980s...