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...Head of the Charles, a perennially popular event with college students throughout the Northeast, has in the past drawn large and unruly crowds to the city, forcing the MDC to tighten security and enforce alcohol laws strictly...
...imported oil has risen in proportion, to an estimated $7 billion, with the increase acting as a depressant on the economy. The price of regular unleaded gasoline has climbed 27 cents a gal., to $1.35, since early August. At these price levels, the heating-oil bill for the average Northeast homeowner could rise 50% this winter, to an estimated $1,200. The most immediate threat is an outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf, which could send oil prices into the $50-per-bbl. range and trigger double- digit inflation...
After beginning in the Northeast last year, the slump has gradually spread to the heartland and other regions. The construction industry has creaked to a virtual halt after a decade of overbuilding. Says Paul Beitler, a Chicago developer: "The lights in our industry have just gone out. There are going to * be some very tragic times. Within the next four years, 50% of the workers in construction and real estate could be unemployed." Even in California, where the building market has known no direction but up, Kaufman and Broad Home Corp. of Los Angeles reported a 5% drop in third...
Thomas A. Wagner, who is the chief accounting officer at the Coop, attributed the 2.7 percent drop in sales to the "overall economic climate in the Boston area and all over the Northeast that is affecting retailing...
...would make the Crimson, already among the top five teams in the Northeast, a strong contender for national ranking...