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...Crimson faltered in the first half, failing to box out on defense and allowing the Tigers to control the tempo...
...having model numbers that make them sound like racing cars, boards like the Yamaha DX7IIFD look like the instrument panel of a new Ferrari prototype. The Roland E-20 ($2,500) even has a liquid-crystal display window that flashes such information as the chord being played and the tempo being used, expressed in beats per minute. Looking at a readout to see what chord you are playing can be a hotdog move, like a weekend racer eyeing his tachometer to check how he is doing...
...match up fairly well with St. Lawrence," Taylor said. "We want to give them similar types of games this weekend with a good defense and a controlled tempo...
Instead of liquidating insolvent S & Ls, regulators decided it would be cheaper and more expedient to sell them to private investors or merge them with healthy thrifts. Bank Board Chairman M. Danny Wall sharply stepped up the tempo of such sales last year, selling or liquidating more than 200 thrifts at an estimated cost to the Government of $39 billion in tax breaks and other incentives extended to the buyers. Critics contend that the regulators were taken for a ride. Fumed Iowa's Leach: "The dealmakers are laughing all the way to the piggy bank." But Wall staunchly defends...
...Everyone had confidence in each other," Chandler said. "We dictated the tempo of the game and made them switch what they wanted...