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...icemen return to the rink Sunday to take on Colgate in a 2 p.m. showdown at Bright Center. The Crimson, victim of a mid-season slump in December and early January, should get some much-needed help with the return of several key performers. Jay North will return to action Sunday, completely healed from a broken hand. Highly heralded freshman Allen Bourbean will also return to action Sunday. Bourbean has been out all season for disciplinary reasons...
After a minor slump in the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons, last year's edition, led by Wiener and Massey, re-entered the limelight, reaching the semifinals or better in five major tournaments and grabbing a share of fifth in the national debate tournament. This year, they've been in a league almost by themselves. Losing in the finals to pre-season favorite Dartmouth, the prestigious University of Kentucky tourney, the dynamic duo have established the best mark in the country, finishing first at Wake Forest, second at Emory, and fifth at Georgetown, Overall in debate rounds they...
...little more than a year ago, the U.S. was mired in its deepest and most painful slump since the Great Depression. Since then, the economy has been recovering rapidly, and upbeat indicators have become fairly common. But by any standard, last week's good news was simply dazzling. The economy seemed to be letting out a shout of joy that echoed from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue...
Sony's troubles stem from a disastrous slump in sales of its Betamax videotape recorder, which in 1983 accounted for 41% of the company's sales. Last week Zenith announced that it would no longer sell Sony's machine under its brand name. Zenith thus joins companies such as Toshiba and NEC that have abandoned Sony's videotape system in favor of the VHS method developed by archrival Matsushita (1982 sales: $15.7 billion), which sells products in the U.S. under the National, Quasar and Panasonic brand names. Says one industry watcher in Tokyo: "Zenith...
Things are now beginning to look better for Kodak. Sales began picking up in October and November, and analysts estimate that U.S. Christmas business was some 10% better than in 1981. Chairman Chandler insists that the firm "bottomed out" of its slump in 1983 and will soon resume growing at its normally brisk pace. "We know we are capable of performing much better than we have," says he. Once Kodak's new products begin arriving, he believes, the memories of last year's troubles will begin to fade. -By John Greenwald...