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...psychological mark that is as important to grain traders as the $300-an-ounce level is to dealers in gold. Though prices dipped somewhat last week, contracts for wheat and some grains to be delivered in July rose to yearly highs during June. At their peak, contracts for wheat were up to $4.86 per bu., vs. $3.23 for the same period last year. Corn, the major livestock feed, jumped to $3.17 per bu., up from $2.59 last year...
Japan and the Western European countries were slow to bounce back from the recession and suffered through a lingering period of sluggish production and relatively high unemployment. By contrast, the U.S. economy rebounded fairly smartly: production picked up, and joblessness fell from its 1975 peak of 8.9% to the current 5.8%. But the U.S.'s solo recovery brought problems. Prosperity sucked in imports, but American exporters found little demand for their goods abroad. Then, too, the nation's dependence on ever more costly foreign fuel increased, lifting the U.S. oil import bill to boggling heights-$40 billion last...
However, since the FAA showed no eagerness to lift the ban quickly, the European airlines became restive. Reason: they did not want to keep the plane on the ground, especially during the peak season of tourist travel. Although one of every three U.S.-owned DC-10s inspected had flaws in the pylon mountings (such as cracks, corrosion and serious stress in the attachment bulkheads), no similar problems were found on the European crafts. Furthermore, the European lines fly almost exclusively advanced, longer-range versions of the plane, known as the series 30 and 40, rather than the older, shorter-range...
...apartment and then climbs a spiral staircase, the concept of mise-en-frame is presented in a most effective fashion: at the beginning the screen is predominantly dark, with two bright accents only on the left and on the right; when this pictorial stasis reaches a motionless peak, the movement (of the characters) within the frame changes the composition and brings the shot to an end. The conversation between Allen and his friend (Michael Murphy) in the classroom (executed by the shot-counter-shot editing principle)clearly illustrates how an inanimate object (skeleton) can be inventively included within the stationary...
...came to Harvard for frozen nirvana, you're in the right place. Belgian Fudge is one of the most popular and convenient Cambridge ice cream havens. The ice cream, hand-mixed in the Mass. Ave and Garage stores, reaches its peak in Rocky Road, Oreo Cookie, and pina colada. But it's a fat 75 cents cone...