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...longest scoring shot came next. The Crimson was in a powerplay situation after a slashing penalty by the Catamounts...
Living virtually without rain in a country that is 97% desert, Egyptians depend on the world's longest river for irrigation, electric power, drinking water and transportation. Now, after a decade of drought that has left parts of central Africa on the brink of starvation, the Nile is running perilously low. For the first time since the Aswan High Dam was finished in 1970, serious shortages of water and hydroelectric power threaten Egypt...
Harvard may be weakened from injuries and absences, but it retains a number of promising point scorers In field events, junior Chris Sullivan recently achieved a personal best in the high jump with a leap of 6-ft., 11-in., and Rutledge Simmons reached his longest triple jump with a distance...
Like a champion motorcycle racer, the U.S. economy has managed to keep going under the toughest of conditions. Now in its 65th month, the current period of growth is the longest peacetime expansion in U.S. history. By contrast, the typical expansion of the post-World War II era has lasted 24 to 45 months. Only during the 1960s, when Viet Nam War spending spurred the economy, did a growth cycle last longer -- 106 months -- than the current...
...course, the comeback remains vulnerable to a downturn of the U.S. economy. After 64 months of growth in the gross national product, the longest peacetime expansion in U.S. history has reached old age, and economists are checking its vital signs. Last week the Government reported that the index of leading economic indicators, a barometer of future economic performance, fell .6% in January. But economists were encouraged by the Government's revision of the December index, which changed from a .2% drop to a .3% increase. Moreover, the unemployment rate fell from 5.8% in January to 5.7% in February, the lowest...