Word: shellful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Charge of the Light Brigade yesterday at Soldiers Field against the Harvard women's squad; as Wellesley charged in from West of Cambridge the Crimson women volleyed (and served and hit ground strokes) and thundered at them from all sides, beating them 9-0 and leaving them shell-shocked and in need of many a Florence Nightingale at the end of the match...
...remaining Maronites are far from giving up. "Morale in the Christian areas is extremely high," reports TIME Correspondent Dean Brelis from Beirut. "In shell-shocked East Beirut, some bakers have fired up their ovens, repair crews are at work fixing broken water lines and restoring electricity. People who intend to stay on are stocking their shelters with Israeli canned goods. The Christians' ability to bounce back from adversity is remarkable. Throughout the civil war, their sections of Beirut were free from garbage and crime, in marked contrast to the areas under Palestinian control. Once more the Maronites are demonstrating...
...days. U.S.-based multinationals do essentially the same thing. Hercules Inc., a major chemical company, in 1971 negotiated a five-year loan in Swiss francs, on terms that appeared to be favorable. But by 1976, the dollar had plunged so much against the franc that Hercules had to shell out twice as many dollars as it had bargained for to meet the 7% interest and repay the principal (both denominated in Swiss francs). Ever since, says Peter Petersen, Hercules' European money manager, Hercules has been forced to play the currency-trading game to limit its risk...
...housing prices has been stratospheric, couples have long been willing to sell their souls to the savings and loan - and rent out mother-in-law for window cleaning - in order to realize their dry-wall dreams. But now there are definite signs of slowdown in that willingness to shell out small for tunes for not-so-special homes...
Harvard's heavyweights will defend their Boston Globe Challenge Trophy (elite eights) in a new shell of white molded plastic. The boat, on loan from its designer, weighs only 175 lbs. fully rigged. It's new, it's light, and it could be very hard to set up in rough conditions, but the Crimson eight has to be a favorite to repeat as champs...