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...decision was a victory for the Reagan Administration and oil interests. Both have been seeking quicker access to the vast wealth of the continental shelf, an estimated 44 billion bbl. of oil, nearly half again as much as all proven reserves. (The U.S. gets about 10% of its domestic production from offshore wells.) However, Clark immediately moved to reassure the coastal states and environmentalists. Under his stewardship, he said, the Interior Department will seek to avoid the battling that characterized the offshore-leasing program in the past, even while it continues to pursue essentially the same pro-development policies...
Dropping back shorter and throwing quicker this year, unsinkable Quarterback Jim Plunkett has made Marcus Allen the handiest pass catcher among running backs and Todd Christensen the most prolific receiver of all others in the league. Christensen's 92 receptions are the record for a tight end. A failed Dallas Cowboy runner, who stubbornly still wears a backfield number, 46, Christensen is given to writing and quoting poetry. Says Plunkett, 36: "It's fun to play with the Raiders because everyone is encouraged to be himself...
...Harvard men's basketball squad the one that's supposed to fold quicker under pressure than Joe Namath's knees...
...liberated. But what happens next is uncertain, and Grenadians and the American invaders both seem to be getting cranky. Military occupation, no matter how well intentioned, is never pleasant. "For the fact that the U.S. came, I say thanks," remarks Kevin Williams of Grand Roy (pop. 300). "But the quicker they get out, the better." On that point everyone seems to agree: last week the Reagan Administration promised that most of the 4,200 U.S. troops would be home before Christmas. But not all. "We will probably have a small presence well into 1984," says a Pentagon spokesman...
...computer field symbolizes the company's gradual break since the late 1950s with its research-oriented beginnings. BBN now divides its financial statements into two halves: research and consulting, and computer and communications products. The future profits clearly lie within the latter sales-oriented sector, which has grown much quicker than its research counterpart in the last several years...