Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Iran's oil cutoff threatens higher prices and long gas lines
...eventual winner was lanky Tiger junior Andy Saltzman, who got off the blocks last but burst past Cooper coming out of the final turn to touch first in 45.55, missing the NCAA cutoff time by .04 seconds...
Saltzman, who later led off Princeton's victorious 400-yd. freestyle relay with a 45.48 split to make that cutoff, said he wasn't afraid that Cooper had beaten him so badly at the start of the 100: "I've been a distance swimmer my whole life, so I knew I'd get abused on the start. I just didn't think it would be by that much...
...consequences of the political turmoil that shut down Iran's oil fields became clearer last week, presaging a period of trouble and uncertainty for Western nations. Higher fuel prices and some scarcities are inevitable in the U.S. President Carter warned that though the situation created by the Iranian cutoff is "not critical" yet, it "certainly could get worse." He said that the difficulties might be manageable if Americans "honor the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, set thermostats no higher than 65° and limit discretionary driving." Otherwise, the President added, "more strenuous action" would be needed to curb fuel...
...Julie McAree, while swimming unofficially, qualified for the small college nationals in the 200-yd. freestyle with a time of 2:17.96. Barely missing the qualifying time for nationals was the 200-yd. freestyle relay team of Costin, Joel, Katie, Kelley and Gina Stuart, whose 146.72 time exceeded the cutoff mark by a little more than 0.3 seconds...