Word: shellings
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...third stanza, the Big Red retreated intoa defensive shell. By the end of the game, the icearound Roy was still freshly Zambonied--no one hadskated on it. But the Crimson's pressure onlyproduced one goal--Mike Vukonich's team-leading22nd tally of the season with six minutes to play...
...prime reason is the severely depressed state of the junk-bond market, where shell-shocked investors are wary of buying new issues. Of nearly $300 million in bonds that were scheduled to be sold this month, virtually every offering has been canceled or postponed. Without the ability to tap the junk market, would-be raiders will no longer be able to take aim at substantial targets...
Fearful that voters may eventually demand an end to the shell game, Senators and Congressmen from both sides of the aisle are racing to offer alternatives to Moynihan's proposal. Some of the trial balloons...
Spend a buck to save six. It sounds like a con man's come-on. In fact, it is a measure of Head Start's success. Studies show that for every dollar spent on a disadvantaged Head Start child, the nation saves six dollars it would otherwise shell out later in the form of additional health, welfare and crime- control expenditures...
...southern West Germany about 75 miles east of Stuttgart, U.S. Army Captain Terry Quinn points cheerfully at a squat, wide-track staff vehicle parked near a rural Bavarian crossroads. "That," he says, "is a tank." Nearby a sergeant fans a deck of cardboard chits with shell totals printed on them. "And this," he says, "is our ammunition...