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...badly in its race to stay apace of the action, and no wonder. January 8 saw a new trading record--93.7 million shares--10 per cent higher than the ebullient buying spree triggered by Reagan's November triumph. And there was no doubt about the direction of the sudden spurt. Prices on the Big Board fell 23.8 points...
...momentum is so important to this team. The squad showed it with a come-from-behind spurt win at Brown, solidified the claim with three quick ones to tie Northeastern, and proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt when that 5-5 tie with the Huskies became, in the time it takes to buy a hot dog, an 11-5 disaster...
...Martin provided the key to the spurt of excellent hockey--the squad's finest quarter-hour in two years--with defensive efficiency up front. The former highlighted the effort with a 75-yd. clear from deep in her own zone, while the latter dropped further back than usual from her position as cherrypicker to aid the defensive cause with her speed and stick work...
...race, an exceedingly difficult challenge in itself, the Soviets could increase both the number of their missiles that have multiple warheads and the number of warheads per missile. They could -and probably would-do so simply by accelerating programs that are now being held in check by SALT. This spurt in Soviet warheads would not only bury SALT, probably forever, but would also compound the "vulnerability" of American missiles. That dismal prospect has converted the Joint Chiefs of Staff, never SALT enthusiasts, into lobbyists for the ratification of the pending treaty...
While the inflationary spurt was not entirely unexpected-early last week one top White House economic aide was already telling newsmen that the new numbers could "look bad for us"-it will raise fresh doubts about the policies espoused by both Carter and Ronald Reagan. In his effort to spread cheer about the preelection economy, the President declared that "the severe recession that we anticipated has not been nearly so severe as we thought." In fact, the Administration had purposefully tipped the economy into recession in order to curb the runaway rise in prices. Yet, as the September figures made...