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...contest against the Tigers proved to be the squad's second peak of the season, the first came against Yale, when the Crimson swept doubles, after splitting all its singles matches. The senior Captain Adam Beren was out of the singles lineup...
...think we're gonna shock a few people in the Sprints," Newman commented. "We haven't reached our peak yet." She added that Dartmouth notoriously peaks before the sprint competition...
...West. Barely recuperated from winter storms that pounded Pacific Coast piers and unloaded record snows by the driftful, the region has been drowning in one of the wettest springs ever. Swollen by heavy rain and snow runoff in the mountains, Utah's Great Salt Lake is projected to peak at 4,204 ft. above sea level in June, nearly a foot more than officials estimated only months ago. The culprit: a spate of unseasonably cool, moist weather that has prevented evaporation, which normally acts to counterbalance the effects of the runoff. Damages to property and roadway, now estimated...
After 14 years as a U.S. Senator from Florida and 20 years as a Congressman from the Miami area, Pepper is at the peak of his astonishingly tireless and durable career. He demonstrated his political punch in the 1982 congressional elections, stumping with surprising energy in 26 states. Of the 73 House Democrats he supported, 54 won. The difference he made varied, of course, from race to race. But his presence never hurt. "Claude was the most sought-after speaker by Democratic candidates in 1982," recalls House Majority Leader Jim Wright. "At one rally for elderly people, we expected...
...helped convince a number of politicians and businessmen that Volcker deserves renomination. Inflation, for example, continues its downward drift. In March, producer prices fell .1%, while industrial production rose for the third straight month. Unemployment is holding high at above 10%, but it is down from the 10.8% peak in December. Last week the Commerce Department reported that retail sales posted a .3% rise in March, the first increase since November. Detroit's carmakers are expected to report total first-quarter profits of $930 million, vs. losses of $77 million during the same period last year. That will...