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Throughout history, controls have seemed a tempting quick fix for inflation. Nearly 40 centuries ago, the Babylonian King Hammurabi established wage and price limits. They set, for example, the annual wage of a field worker at eight gur (75 bu.) of corn and that of a herdsman at six gur (56.25 bu.). The Roman Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 301 published official price lists that included artichokes and transportation by camel; any gougers were executed. The most recent American experience with general controls was President Nixon's 1971-74 program of freezes, followed by varying degrees of restraint...
...Verdin (H) 1:57.15,2. Dan Menichella (H)1:57.16, 3. Larry Countryman (H) 1:58.33. 100 breaststroke--1. David Lundberg (H) 58.94, 2. Jim Carbone (H) 59.22, 3. Pat Jakobson (H) 1:02.01. 100-- backstroke--1. John Montesl (T) 57.81,2. Mike Barnes (H) 58.07,3. Pete Dierker (BU) 58.36. 200 freestyle--1. David Lundberg (H) 1:43.81,2. Chris Hancock (H) 1:46.23,3. Ron Ralkula (H) 1:48.44.200 Individual medley--1. Tim Maximoff (H) 1:58.09,2. Andy Lockman (H) 2:01.78,3. Larry Countryman...
...yard freestyle: 1. Carol Keenan (BU), 56.64; 2. Janie Smith (H), 55:73; 3. Louise Cady (BU), 56.07; 4. Terri Frick (H), 56.48; 5. Kathleen McCloskey (H), 56.63; 6. Amy Stathoplos...
...yard backstroke: 1. Shawn McCluskey (BU), 28.59; 2. Karla Weller (BC), 30.42; 3. Kathy Crehan (BU), 31.04; 4. Anne Twitchell (Tufts), 31.46; 5. Tricia Paine (NU), 31.36; 6. Gina Stuart...
...yard breaststroke: 1.Chris Hotarek (BC), 33.02; 2. Karen Chen (H), 33.07; 3. Colleen Brennan (BC), 33.55; 4. Terri Sullivan (BU), 33.75; 5.Laura Keiso (NU), 34.24; 6. Brenda Kay (Tufts...