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...reverse the country's decline. He secured emergency powers for one year to establish economic reforms by royal decree, rather than through parliament. Martens announced an 8.5% devaluation of the franc and, most important, suspended Belgium's system of indexing all wages to inflation. "This is the tenth time in Belgian history that the government has been given special powers by the King," Martens told TIME Correspondent Sandra Burton. "Many of the other occasions were times of war, and I consider this period to be war in terms of the economic problems we face...
Sophomore Debbie Zimic joined teammate Calvert on the conditional qualifier conscription in the 200-yard IM, while Crimson diving triumvirate Jennifer Goldman, Adrian Holy, and Pamela Stone cut cleanly into the one-meter diving top ten, placing second, fourth, and tenth for the Crimson...
...JUNE 17, we will observe the tenth anniversary of the Watergate break-in. Ten years is a fairly long time, but Watergate--once dismissed as a "third-rate" burglary--clings to the public memory, haunting Americans with the specters of "dirty tricks," "secret tapes," and "full diclosures." It'd be nice to forget the whole ugly business, but we just can't. And one of the reasons we can't is that the people responsible for Watergate keep writing books about...
Dave Phillips pushed the relay team to a slight lead with a strong showing in the backstroke. Breaststroker Jack Ewing maintained the advantage and best his nemesis, Sawyer, by less than a tenth of a second. Tim Maximoff lengthened the Crimson's lead during his butterfly leg, and freestyler Andy Lockman held off Pollard to reach the touchpad first...
...Gauthier to sweep the 50 free, finishing in 21.03 and 21.36. Miao and Gauthier struck again later in the 100 free, with Miao winning the event in a new University record. The Los Angeles native broke a mark he set earlier this year with a 45.45 clocking, unofficially the tenth fastest in the nation this season...