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Competition from imports has made it difficult for the U.S. industry to recover from a deep slump that began during the recession. American steelmakers lost about $2 billion last year. U.S. Steel reported last week that it had a profit of $171 million in the first quarter, but most of that came from its Marathon Oil subsidiary; its steel operations earned only $4 million. National Steel also posted a slim operating profit in the first quarter: $5.6 million on sales of $551 million...
AMHERST Coach Bob Scalise needn't worry about the Harvard men's lacrosse team falling victim to the post-equinoctal illness known as senior slump. For the second week in a row Scalise's wunderkinds led a potent offense, defeating the University of Massachusetts, 10-7, yesterday at Amherst...
Rivera, who earned second-team all-Eastern League honors last year, finally broke out of the hitting slump he has been in this season. Yesterday he went four for five with two doubles and a homer...
Name an economic problem, and Harvester had it: labor troubles, skyrocketing interest rates, tough competition from firms with lower costs, and poor management. In 1977 Harvester brought in former Xerox Executive Archie McCardell, and then made him chairman in 1979, to pull it out of its slump; instead, things got worse. McCardell was ousted in the spring of 1982. Donald Lennox, another Xerox alumnus, became boss...
Unless of course you count Bob Ferry. The Crimson will look to the junior guard--mired in a late-reason slump-to give Joe "All-Anything-You-Want-Him-to-Be" Carrabino a rent. The 6-ft., 8-in, forward has carried the Crimson in its latest ventures, contributing 63 points last weekend in road victories over Yale and Brown...