Word: durbin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gregory A. Durbin...
...Durbin-native suggested a way for South Africa to move beyond the apartheid system. "We would have to think in terms of a federal system that would be a government that promotes democratic ideas and at the same time protects minority cultures," he said...
...Durbin reduces the chances of tennis elbow by reducing the vibrations traveling up the arm as the racket meets the ball," he said, adding that the racket is more efficient than conventional rackets and improves control because players can find the sweetspot more easily. Durbin hopes to prevent mis-hits, a major cause and aggravator of his own ailment, tennis elbow...
...Durbin believes his "thinking-man's racket" will become more popular once people are aware of its superiority over conventional rackets. So far, it hasn't produced a profit, even though "thinking men" have been forking over $210 for Durbin's graphic model in the eight months it's been on the market...
Princeton President William Bowan became the first college administrator to make the transition to the Durbin, while Harvard's President Bok has not acknowledged the Princeton professor's achievement. Bok succumbed to advanced tennis technology when he switched to the Prince Graphic, the first of the large-headed, large-sweetspot rackets, which has already been adopted by many top pros and whose retail cost is only slightly less prohibitive than the Durbin...