Word: repeaters
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...Huskies--one of the East Coast's premier teams--are eager for a repeat performance, particularly since the victorious Northeastern men's team is smugly putting the pressure on them...
...when Hall sank an equally long jumper at the other end with 13:56 left, Penn had run off a 14-4 string and positioned itself to hang on for the victory. THE NOTEBOOK: Penn finished fourth in the NCAA nationals last year, but any kind of repeat seems unlikely this season...
...twelve-year veteran of diving, Schramm can predict what a dive will be like the second he leaves the board. He enjoys the quick feedback of the sport because he can repeat the dive immediately if he's displeased...
...rosily predicts only 10.4% inflation this year, but its 1979 forecast of 7.4% price rises causes doubts about the reliability of the White House crystal ball. Most private analysts see prices increasing at about 11% this year, assuming that a mild economic downturn occurs. Without any recession, inflation may repeat last year's 13%. Reacting to the worry that worse economic news is yet to come, bond prices last week slumped dramatically and yields rose to levels even higher than those set after the Federal Reserve's credit tightening last October...
...growing number of observers who are unhappy with the current system take a pragmatic view of changing it. They do not want to repeat the mistake of the reformers who drastically curtailed the power of party leaders and Government officials without adequately considering the consequences. There are distinct advantages to a more open system, however few people take advantage of it. Says Jonathan Moore, director of the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics at Harvard: "We have a very flexible, very pluralistic system with a lot of freedom of choice and diversity within...