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...Silver, held scoreless in the first half and plagued by a recent scoring slump, helped in a Harvard spree that duplicated Friday night's surge...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Tigers Topple Crimson Cagers, 65-53 | 2/19/1974 | See Source »

...appeared when the Federal Reserve unexpectedly bought up Treasury bonds on the open money market, a move that had the effect of increasing the amount of money banks have to loan. Some of the cash flowed momentarily into the pockets of Christmas shoppers, who went on one last spending spree before 1974, which is fast shaping up as a year of rising prices, product shortages and higher joblessness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: Shaky Budget Preview | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

...Spending Spree. Exploiting whatever oil they have could help the Chinese solve one of their toughest trade problems: paying for massive imports of foreign technology. In addition to expanding its trade with the U.S., China has been on something of an international spending spree. This year it contracted for about $ 1 billion of industrial goods including coal mining equipment from Great Britain, fertilizer and thermal power plants from Japan and a petrochemical complex from France. In January, the government disclosed that the Chinese were willing to seek "deferred payment arrangements"-a euphemism for foreign credits-to pay for still more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST TRADE: Great Leap Forward | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

...until 1970, when he played one of the restless family men out on a spree in the film Husbands, did things get going for Falk again. He did Husbands gratis in return for a part-ownership in the film, which turned out to be critically controversial but financially successful. "It was the best payday I've had," he smiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cop (And A Raincoat) For All Seasons | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

...Cliffe squad held the Tigers to only two goals in the first half, but superior Tiger conditioning paid off in second half seven goal spree...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Princeton Clobbers Radcliffe In Lopsided Field Hockey Tilt | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

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