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...think on the basis of what has been done so far. Harvard has to be the favorite but we're gonna row our own race." Ullrich predicted. "And we're a good enough crew to win, " assistant coach Ensign Robert Parish bluntly added. They are indeed psyched sky-high...
...brisk temperatures, along with high winds and a rugged Brookline Country Club, did drive the scores sky-high; but Weiland's linksmen were able to edge the Big Red, 408-414. to win their only home match of the season...
...came here psyched sky-high," Crimson epee ace Mick Irvings said. "They upset us last year and have been really snotty ever since, so we really wanted to shrink their heads tonight...
...Rindge buildings have problems inherent in that kind of sky-high living condition. Family units tend to become isolated from each other, and children don't come into contact with peers in the neighborhood area. They become restless, lacking direct access to the outdoors or companions. Wasserman neglected to install any sort of recreational facility which might alleviate some of the tensions of life in a non-neighborhood. The crime rate in the buildings has been very high. Another problem with Rindge is the inaccessibility of schools, which are over a mile away...
Inflation has sent the cost of living soaring by nearly 5% since January. Beefsteak sells for $2 a pound, eggs 90? a dozen, cigarettes $1 a pack, and whisky $11 a fifth. Waiting lists for housing are years long. Taxes are sky-high and inching still higher; an across-the-board sales tax covering everything from food to services will rise by a third to a dizzying 16.5% next January. The once pristine countryside is being polluted, jobs are disappearing because of mechanization and there is a growing law-and-order problem...