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...pinched by competition from the Mexicans, who sold $250 million worth of vegetables in the U.S. last year. Mexican tomatoes alone account for almost 50% of all winter tomatoes sold in the U.S. The Florida growers claim their Mexican rivals produce too much and then are forced to dump in the U.S. before the vegetables perish. The Mexicans counter that the Floridians are trying to protect their higher-cost industry...
...semi-bright spots--the fine play of rookie Dave Burke, George Hughes' four-goal bonanza against UNH in December, Mike Watson's OT tally to dump B.C., the well-played Beanpot loss to B.U. and the welcomed 10-2 blowout of Colgate--this year's version of Harvard hockey could be written off as just about a total loss...
...idea is simple: dump the puck to the opposition's star defenseman in his own end and make him handle it until he wears himself out. The approach worked against Orr, and with two Rangers dogging his every move, it worked against Robinson. He made two mistakes that allowed goals and-rightfully, he said later-was booed by the Canadiens' fans...
...flood of tourists. Says he plaintively: "We'll be the biggest used-car lot in the world. Every fool in an air-conditioned Cadillac will want to drive here, and one way will be enough. They won't go back over that road. They'll dump their cars here and fly home...
...supposedly the centerpiece of discussion here--nobody ever understands what it's supposed to do. "I guess we'll know it when we see it," one network censor told a writer. By the time the court hands down a ruling in the Writers Guild suit, everybody's trying to dump off the idea on everybody else. You almost wish that Cowan's side had lost the case. Maybe his weak-kneed call for "more modest regulatory reforms" would have more punch to it. Cowan tells us that "while it would be technically simple to establish a system that relied less...