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...nine-four spurt to open the second half gave the Engineers an eight-point lead, but once again an emotional Harvard squad fought back...
...cagers went on a 10-2 spurt to narrow the gap to 67-55, but in the process lost the services of senior Anna Collins, sophomore Barbarann Keffer, and freshman Sarah Duncan--who all fouled out of the contest...
There came to him an image of man's whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man's life was like a tiny spurt of flame that blazed out briefly in an illimitable and terrifying darkness, and that all man's grandeur, tragic dignity, his heroic glory, came from the brevity and smallness of this flame. He knew that his life would be extinguished, and that only darkness was immense and everlasting. And he knew that he would die with defiance on his lips, and that the shout of his denial would ring with the last...
...amount of money in circulation rise rapidly. During the first six months of the year, M1, the basic measure of the money supply, which primarily includes currency and checking accounts, grew at a 10.4% clip, far above the Federal Reserve's target range of 4% to 7%. That spurt helped interest rates fall a bit. The prime rate that banks charge on commercial loans has dropped from...
North African and Middle Eastern countries account for more than 76% of French arms revenues. Much of last year's spurt in orders came from a $3.22 billion deal with Saudi Arabia for surface-to-air missiles and an oil-for- aircraft arrangement that will send 18 Mirage 2000s to the United Arab Emirates. French arms also have been sold to Iraq for use in the war with Iran. Last year France probably sold more arms to the U.S. than it bought, and reportedly won two contracts worth $83 million to supply 4,000 runway penetration bombs...