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...almost as bitter for sugar, whose market has been swamped by an unexpected increase in the Cuban crop. The price is off even more than cocoa's-to a 100-year low of 20 a Ib., 60% less than a year ago. Fourteen Latin American nations feel the pinch. Efforts to revive the paralyzed economy of the Dominican Republic are hampered by the fact that sugar is its No. 1 crop-responsible for more than 50% of its earnings in world trade...
...interiors are almost as spectacular. Not one to pinch pennies on the extras that make the difference, Rockefeller lined lobbies, corridors and courtyards with $90,000 worth of art objects, ranging from a 13th century Buddha head to colorful Hawaiian quilts. Although modest in size, the guest rooms ($28 to $48 a day) are sumptuously outfitted. All feature willow headboards from Milan, teak bedside tables, Thai bedspreads and framed collections of seashells, plus spacious balconies to sun on. Bathrooms have mirror walls, marble sink counters, built-in ice-cube makers and overhead infrared lamps. A tri-level restaurant affords virtually...
...McDivitt, he had a few flecks of caked blood in his nostrils. The medical men figured that this was caused by the dryness of his mucous membranes from inhaling pure oxygen for so long. Their solution for future space trips: a pinch of plain old petroleum jelly in the nostrils. X rays were taken of the astronauts' little fingers and heel bones both before and after the flight to see whether their long exposure to weight lessness and inactivity caused note worthy loss of calcium. The Soviet cosmonauts suffered such bone demineralization on their flights, and patients confined...
...singles in both the seventh and eighth innings, but escaped both times. The Crusaders' Bill Sexton and Jim Gravel led off the ninth with identical singles into left, but as a mob of three Harvard pitchers began to warm up, Kevin Foster popped up a bunt attempt to McCandlish. Pinch hitter Earl Kirmser then grounded an instant double play ball to third: add Houston and stir. And the game was over...
...done it so successfully that many Europeans are now worrying about a money shortage. The latest development came last week when Britain, in an effort to correct its payments deficit, was forced to curb its domestic buying power and overseas investments, a move that will further increase the pinch on Europe. Designed to stimulate trade and economic growth and to foster monetary stability, the world monetary system has lately seemed to be more a barrier than an aid to those ends...