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...first time in almost three years, the industrialized nations will have a constant energy price to use in economic and business planning. If OPEC is as good as its word, corporations will be able to make investment decisions without worrying about runaway energy costs. Indeed, the real price of oil will probably drop over the next 14 months because of general inflation. Says New York Oil Analyst John Lichtblau: "Just to keep up with inflation this year, the marker crude would have to go to $36 per bbl." The long-range outlook for oil prices is more uncertain...
...near-even contest became a runaway when the stickwomen exploded in the second half for three goals. Two minutes into the half, Martin scored on a follow-in shot after Huber smacked the ball around out-of-position Rhode Island goalie Debb Robson...
...capitalized--Jim Callinan plunging over for one of his 108 yards at 6:27 and Ron Cuccia hitting a wide-open Steve Bianucci in the end zone less than two minutes later--and what had been a 6-3 game during the halftime show became a 20-3 Harvard runaway five minutes later. The Crimson got the ball back with 4:53 left in the quarter and jitterbugged down the field on its best ball-control drive of the year. Callinan, Cuccia (65 yards rushing on 17 carries) and Jim Acheson (11 for 69) shared the load, rolling 67 yards...
DIED. Gregory Breit, 82, Russian-born physicist who took part in research leading to the first atomic explosion in 1945, and seven years later affirmed theoretical evidence downplaying the possibility that the hydrogen bomb might cause a "runaway" superexplosion; of cancer; in Salem...
Some older or more nimble Americans (especially those lucky enough to have bought a house in, say, the Eisenhower or Johnson or Nixon years) have done handsomely in the runaway housing bazaar. They went trading through the '70s market wearing that extortionate little smirk that oil sheiks display on the way out of OPEC meetings...