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...prime. After plunging early in the week because of the decline in the dollar and concern about a possible U.S.-Japan trade war, stocks rallied strongly. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average skyrocketed 69.89 points, a new one-day record. The Dow closed at an all-time peak of 2390.34, up 54.54 points for the week...
...there are some hitches. For instance, students who are athletes, such as Joslin who plays lacrosse as well as ice and field hockey, had had to worry about letting her skills atrophy. Blodgett agrees, saying that her year without rigid training made it more difficult to be in "peak form" for the track team at Harvard...
Despite the length of the line, which at peak hours streched out to Johnson Gate, some fans weren't worried about getting tickets. "I'm pretty much a veteran at this," said Joshua F. Thorpe '88. "I waited for [1986] World Series tickets and got them...
MacDonald's five goals and 10 assists earned him the tournament MVP award Saturday night, and indicated that the junior left wing is reaching his peak scoring efficiency at the perfect time-during the playoff. MacDonald has now scored at least three points in five of the Crimson's last six contests, and has tallied at least two points on 10 of the last...
...Salvador stadium, the distant hope of heaven may have been at least momentarily alluring, beset as their nation has been by a seven-year guerrilla war and a moribund economy. When the preacher later assured them that "terrible times are coming," the applause of approving believers reached a thunderous peak...