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...James' slump allowed the steady Mueller to capture the Tigers' second consecutive Player of the Year honors, following Bob Scrabis, who won it last year. Mueller, who played a big role in Princeton's near-upset of Georgetown last March in the first round of the NCAA tournament, led the Tigers in scoring with 14 points per game, finishing eighth in the league...
Depth could again be a factor, placing some pressure on Harvard's third and fourth lines to reverse their recent slump. Cleary isn't expecting the green and yellow lines to produce multiple-goal nights. But he does expect them to forecheck, play tenacious defense and keep the opposition off the scoreboard...
...Crimson has played uninspired hockey during its recent slump. But a playoff game in front of 4000 Lynah Rink crazies with Cleary's coaching career on the brink should provide a strong incentive for the emotion Harvard needs...
While the huge fine sapped Drexel's strength, the killing stroke was the severe slump in the $200 billion junk-bond market. Several factors -- a rising default rate, a slowing economy and a new federal law requiring S&Ls to dispose of their junk bonds -- conspired to send the prices of such securities plunging to 50% or less of their face value since last fall. Stuck with more than $1 billion in devaluing junk, Drexel's credit rating began sliding, and its banks cut off credit two weeks ago. The parent company, starved for cash, began to siphon money from...
While S&Ls own 7% of all junk bonds, depositors will be shielded from loss if a thrift runs into trouble because the Government insures deposits up to $100,000. But the junk-bond slump could increase the already enormous taxpayer cost of the Bush Administration's S&L bailout package (anywhere from $160 billion to $300 billion), since the Government will have to sell the securities at a loss...