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...light of the Crimson's current slump in scoring on the five-on-five, Tomassoni has another theory. "We're averaging over 18 penalty minutes a game, our opponents even more than that," he said. "There's not a lot of time left for five-on-five play, is there?" Some of those minutes do cancel each other out in the form of coincidental minor penalties. Just the same, he's got a point...
...example is Boeing, the largest U.S. exporter, which produces 60% of the world's commercial aircraft. Hobbled by U.S. defense cuts and a global slump in the airline industry, Boeing's 1993 third-quarter profits slid 45% from last year. In response, the company is cutting 23,000 jobs through mid-1994 while at the same time attempting to slash in half its 12-to-18-month delivery time for planes...
Yale likes to run the ball, but, with superstar tailback Keith Price out the whole season with an injury, Yale Coach Carm Cozza has gone to the pass with occasional great effect. (Right now the Bulldogs are in a scoring slump, scoring a total of 14 points in their last three games...
...Yale opened the season without star tailback Keith Price and then lost to Yale 12-3 in the opener, most people wrote the Bulldogs off. But behind Mills and a rejuvenated passing game, Yale is starting to pile up the points while Harvard seems to be in a mini-slump. Harvard's matchup against Holy Cross this weekend provides the best test so far of what fans can expect to see in The Game on November...
...message people are again ready to hear. After a slump that lasted for most of the '80s, reggae is thriving in the studio, on the charts and onstage, spawning a host of hybrids and new stars as it fuses with rap, soul and pop. UB40's Can't Help Falling in Love, an infectious remake of Elvis Presley's 1961 hit, was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for the past seven weeks. Also in the Hot 100: Oh Carolina, by dancehall sensation Shaggy, and Bad Boys, a 1986 Inner Circle tune that has found new life...