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BRITAIN. A 13% decline in the value of the pound against an average of major currencies since December 1985 has given a big boost to Britain. The pound's fall, which was linked to the decrease in value of Britain's oil reserves, has stimulated the country's exports by making its products less expensive overseas. At the same time, British manufacturers have been able to hold down their prices because of modest wage settlements. Inflation last year was only 3.75%, a far cry from the more than 20% reached...
Board Member Samuel Brittan, economics columnist for London's Financial Times, predicted that growth will rise from 3% in 1986 to 3.5% this year and push the unemployment rate down slightly, from 11.4% to 10.7%. Brittan hopes the pound will stabilize at more or less its current level. Further substantial declines in the currency, he said, could begin to put pressure on the British inflation rate by making imports more expensive...
...rather sloppy win for Harvard, as the bigger Cadets took advantage of their bulk to disrupt the Crimson skating game and pound the fleet Harvard players into the boards...
This was the 6-ft., 3-in., 200 pound sophomore's first action on offense since he was five years old. "The coach came up to me and said "listen, I need a center'," Biotti said. "I'm glad he did because I love it. Once I erase my defensive programming, I'll be all right...
Even a small break in those lines can be dangerous, says Culhane, a night-shift supervisor of Harvard's utilities plant. "You stay keenly aware while walking through the tunnels and listen," he says. "A 100-pound steam line with a pinhole in it can do your skin a lot of damage...