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...Then we went up a very steep incline. It took a long time and it seemed like I was almost walking. By the time we got to the top, Eve Thompson from Princeton passed me. After that we hit a flat part and I got by her again. I kept looking behind me and there were people following me closely the whole way," Beckford said after the meet...
Those who know him, meanwhile, have already reached one conclusion: Rich Horner has become one fine receiver against very steep odds...
...having to throw towels ahead of him to protect his feet from the burning sand; a woman who insists on making love precisely to the rhythm of Ravel's Bolero; a lengthy mix-up involving dentistry, painkillers, the telephone, a telescope, some naked ladies, a swimming pool, a steep hillside and the police. It is really quite indescribable -but gorgeously orchestrated...
...monetary policy. In the eight weeks since Paul Volcker took over as Federal Reserve chairman, businessmen's basic cost of borrowing money has jumped from 11.75% to 13.5%, the highest in history. Most board members hold that the increases will soon stop but interest rates will remain steep over the next year. Some fear that the Fed may worsen the recession by inducing a classic credit crunch, in which little money is available for borrowing to finance new plants and create jobs...
Sports activites on Beacon St. wind down as the crowd grows. Earlier, tall men on roller skates careened down the steep hill, in and out between the barrels. The yellow cord now makes that impossible, and anyway, it's getting time to start thinking about serious things, like jockeying for position inside the Common. "As soon as you get in there, spread out," Elkhorn advises. "Take up as much room...