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...ranked Harvard tennis team. Crimson Captain Adam Beren simply disappeared from the lineup in the middle of this his final season. Teammates and coaches spoke cryptically about Beren's suffering from an "illness" or "diet related problems." Five matches later, the former All American returned to competition 15 pounds slimmer and with what he now describes as a radically different outlook on tennis Harvard and his life in general...
Another candidate who pops up frequently is Preston Martin, 59, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, whose economic views are close to Volcker's. Though Martin is a Californian and a friend of the Reagan White House, his chances seem slimmer than they once did. His critics are starting to come out, a sure sign of weakening support. Says one: "Martin just isn't impressive...
...smaller, slimmer Chrysler can make a profit selling only 1 .2 null vehicles instead of the 2.3 million required in 1980, a big advantage in tough economic times. But this transmogrification is not without huge risks. The company can no longer compete across the board with GM and Ford by building car models in every size and price category. It remains burdened by $2 billion in long-term debt. If it should falter ever so slightly, it could again be plunged into a financial abyss. Says GM Chairman Roger Smith: "The jury is still out on Chrysler. It all depends...
...strange and unexpectedly short trial-the first of four that Wilson faces on charges that he masterminded an international web of illegal arms deals and terrorist activities between 1976 and 1979. Wan and slimmer after five months in federal custody, Wilson did not take the stand in his own defense, and maintained a dour demeanor during the 2½-day trial. A CIA agent from 1954 to 1970 who then worked in a Navy intelligence group before retiring in 1976, Wilson seemed to sense that his luck had run out. For nearly two years after his first indictment...
...comely byproduct of the fitness phenomenon, women have begun literally to reshape themselves, and with themselves, the American notion of female beauty. At home or on the beach or by the office water cooler, a new form is emerging. It may be slimmer than before, but it is surely stronger. It may be massive or petite, but it is always graceful. The face, stripped of its old layers of makeup, looks more natural. The frame, deprived of some adipose tissue, looks more sinuous. It is a body made for motion: for long, purposeful strides across the backcourt, through the mall...