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...Harvard men's hockey team got back on its winning track last night as it thumped a stubborn Army squad, 7-5, in a controversial blood-stained contest at Bright Center...
...managers. The urban phase of the program, which began in late 1984, has raised overall productivity impressively, but has lately begun to falter. Just two weeks ago the government reported that industrial production costs are up and profits are declining. Deng's lieutenants blame the foot-dragging on entrenched, stubborn and sometimes powerful mid-level bureaucrats. Officials in Peking, led by Deng, have therefore emphasized the need for public criticism of recalcitrant factory managers, government workers and other officials...
...decline in the dollar that began in early 1985 and continued through most of 1986 gave exporters hope that their business would soon revive. "We've got a real chance that America can compete again," said General Electric Chairman John Welch in February. But the trade imbalance proved immensely stubborn until the end of 1986, when economists at last began to see a moderate increase in U.S. exports. They generally estimate that the trade gap will hit $170 billion for 1986, a record total, but could fall to about $140 billion...
...stunning 87-53 thrasing of co-favorite Brown earlier this week placed Harvard firmly in the driver's seat in the Ivy race, but Princeton could be stubborn, especially in its home pool. Penn and Yale should finish in the middle of the pack, with Cornell, Columbia and Dartmouth bringing up the rear...
WILL THE DISINVESTMENT by the transnationals hurt and hinder efforts at change? The references to the rising Lager mentality whereby South Africans draw the wagons round themselves and dig in for stubborn defense is almost certainly true. But it ought by now be very clear that the pressure white South Africa feels comes primarily from inside, from the vigorous efforts at liberation by the oppressed Black majority. The removal of investments and the disengagement from the economy of South Africa, just reminds white South Africa's governmental leadership that they cannot expect aid and comfort from abroad...