Update-- I think the problem is that I need to close all these input streams. This post seems to address the same issue:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_thread/thread/5dc2bf7e4793418d?pli=1
I get some improvements when I close the streams in a modified...
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