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...patch is relatively better able to withstand another round of low oil prices. The '86 energy rout forced many marginal producers to pack up their drill rigs for good. The firms that remain in the industry are better capitalized and more efficient. Even so, many oil-patch banks and real estate investors, still reeling from the last slump, may be unable to survive another...
...swallowtail coat, the husband of Britain's Princess Anne began the first stage of the grueling three-day equestrian event under a hard, wind-driven rain and placed a mediocre 28th out of 40. Phillips' lot did not improve on the second day: his mount Cartier failed to withstand the speed and endurance test on an obstacle course replete with bamboo hedges and water traps. At that point, the royal son-in-law withdrew from the competition...
Paul commands the allegiance of the 700 elite troops at the Dessalines barracks, Haiti's toughest fighting unit. Without his support, the new regime might be unable to withstand a possible countercoup by deposed army officers and remnants of the Tonton Macoutes...
...world' s expectations are routinely exceeded: in the 100- meter race, the world' s fastest man, Ben Johnson, runs faster still, while Jackie Joyner- Kersee sets a new heptathlon mark. -- Greg Louganis shows that divinity can withstand a bump on the head, and swimming records fall like raindrops. -- In gymnastics, the Soviets present a breathtaking display of amazing grace...
America's space future could depend on a safe mission. "We have to be successful," said Kennedy Space Center director, Forrest McCartney. "The nation could not withstand another accident like Challenger...