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...match also marked Levin's first encounter with a lefty. It took a while to adjust to her sinistral foe, but by the end of the first game, Levin said, she had adjusted...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: 'Cliffe Five Win; Racquetwomen Lose | 2/19/1976 | See Source »

Smith also used a full court press which the Radcliffe five did not adjust to until halftime, when the score stood at 36-27 in Smith's favor. The Northampton five repeatedly stole the ball as Radcliffe was unable to consistently bring the action upcourt...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: Radcliffe Quintet Falls to Smith, 66-48 | 2/14/1976 | See Source »

...down interest rates; last week First National City Bank of New York cut its prime rate on loans to business by a quarter point, to 6.5%. Says Howard Stein, chief of the Dreyfus Corp., which has $2.5 billion in mutual funds: "The Fed is finally allowing interest rates to adjust to the needs of the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STOCK MARKET: The Bulls' Biggest Month in History | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

William Murphy, director of Buildings and Grounds, resigned in September 1973, because he couldn't or wouldn't adjust to Hall's reorganization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Axe Man | 2/3/1976 | See Source »

...apprehend the peculiarities of Soviet society. For Correspondent Schecter, working in Moscow meant learning how to make the most of his mamka (KGB-planted Russian journalists assigned to "assist" foreign newsmen) while cultivating nonofficial sources and picking up dissident tracts at park-bench meetings. The children had to adjust to the strict and dogmatic school system: Second-Grader Kate, for example, was taught that the light bulb and locomotive had been invented by Russians. They also found themselves-and their chewing gum and felt-tipped pens-the objects of envy and curiosity. The most difficult task for the whole family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Visit to a Strange Planet | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

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