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...later stages; thus, as a group, they invariably lose more money than they make. They may fall into that trap again this year, but most of the street-wise institutional investors who brought this year's bull market to life believe that it still has plenty of steam for everybody...
...from the indigo waves, you slip into the most delectable and mindless of rhythms. That can be a mistake, even for real captains: one bright afternoon in 1971, the Antilles, a 20,000-ton French cruise liner, rammed a reef between the islands of Mustique and Carriacou at full steam, and its hulk still lies in the sun as a sobering memento mori...
...Christian Democrats knew long before election day that they were in trouble. Italy's economic miracle had run out of steam. Soaring consumer prices led to bloated wage demands and a rash of strikes. Public services were so badly administered that they were cynically called "public disservices." Unemployment rose to 5.7%, a high figure for Italy. Austerity policies at home (including unpopular higher taxes) brought about a dramatic improvement...
...Medical School, along with ten other related medical institutions in the Brookline Ave.-Huntington area, has plans to build a $48 million power plant that by 1977 would provide electricity, chilled water, steam and refuse incineration to all participating institutions...
...plant, which needs Boston Redevelopment Authority approval before it can be built, will also supply steam and chilled water for 775 units of low-and moderate income housing to be sponsored by Harvard on nearby Mission Hill to accommodate any residents dislocated by construction of the power plant...