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...ADDITION to paying scant attention to criticism of Thampson, Hartley includes in the early part of the book cloying descriptions of Thompson's childhood like the following...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Looking Out for Big Jim | 1/23/1980 | See Source »

...would have been nice if Sorrenti had decided to sit out the rest of the game. Northeastern pushed the puck past the goalline for the fourth time at 11:20, and a scant minute and a half later, Sorrenti had completed her bid for a hat trick and added one for extra measure, making it 6-0, Northeastern...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Northeastern Shuts Out Crimson, 8-0, Scoring Six Goals in Third Period | 12/12/1979 | See Source »

...second Terrier tally came a scant minute-and-a-half later, as B.U.'s right wing Julie Devine flicked in a shot almost identical to the first, leaving the score 2-0 at the end of the first stanza...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: B.U. Outskates Icewomen, 5-3; Late Crimson Surge Fails | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

Shortages of oil, food, and gasoline have been headlining the news for years. But there is one shortage that has received scant coverage in the Boston media--the drought of newsprint that has sent newspaper publishers around the country scurrying to the backwoods of Maine and even the hinterlands of Italy in search of the paper gold...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Paper Drought Plagues Boston Papers; No Space for Golden Anniversaries | 11/27/1979 | See Source »

Under normal circumstances, neither of the U.S.'s actions should lead to such results. Oil imports from Iran amount to a scant 4% of total U.S. consumption. In theory, at least, those purchases could be easily replaced by swapping: oil companies could exchange Iranian crude with other companies that have equal amounts of non-Iranian petroleum. Nor in theory should the freezing of Iranian bank assets prove especially disruptive to money markets or the banking system. The Tehran government's estimated $6 billion in petrodollar holdings is only a fraction of the more than $150 billion that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Economy Becomes a Hostage | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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