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Saudi Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Z. Yamani refused to call the steep plunge in oil prices this year a total "oil price collapse," but said that "what the oil industry badly needs is price stability in the long term," during a speech yesterday at the Kennedy School of Government...
...briefing by scientists who have flocked to study what the U.S. Geological Survey has called a "world-class natural event." By last week, waters of the stream-fed fjord, renamed Russell Lake, had risen more than 62 ft., and were still climbing, covering the beaches and then the steep, alder-lined banks...
...bicycled across 397 miles of Iowa, pausing only for an emergency trip to Phoenix to attend the funeral of a legislative ally. "They told me this state was flat," mumbled the tall, lean presidential hopeful, as he and his wife Hattie forced their Schwinns up a series of long, steep hills. Following along in an air- conditioned camper, Babbitt's two sons good naturedly egged him on. "There are 7,500 people on this ride, Dad," said Christopher, 10. "But there's only one who has to make it to the finish...
...National Y in Washington, the steep annual fees ($473 to $807) paid by 80% of clients finance vans that ferry in members of less posh local branches. In Virginia, the three Tidewater Ys teach all the fifth-graders of Chesapeake to swim. They also have aquatics classes for the physically impaired and aerobics classes for the mentally handicapped. The fitness programs help cover the cost of such services...
...Paisley and members of his Democratic Unionist Party refused to leave the assembly hall. Finally, as the sit-in entered its eleventh hour, police moved in among the blue-leather benches and unceremoniously evicted the militant Protestants by force. That set off a full-scale fracas on the steep steps of the white-stone building. "Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked," Paisley shouted at the police during the melee. "You will reap what you sow." The following day, the veteran firebrand predicted "hand-to- hand fighting in every street in Northern Ireland...