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...score so often (an average of two goals every three games), Bobby Hull would still be fearsome. There is not one ounce of excess baggage on his 5-ft. 10-in., 195-lb. frame; physiologists have called him "the perfect mesomorph." He is the fastest skater in the N.H.L. (28.3 m.p.h. with the puck, 29.7 m.p.h. without), and by far the fastest shot: his "slap shot," delivered from a full windup, has been clocked at 118.3 m.p.h., nearly 35 m.p.h. above the league average, and his "wrist shot," fired with just a flick of the stick, zings along...
...landlady, who had to pay up as a result of the insurance company's refusal, was forced to sell off her assets. She became indigent, eventually lost her health and attempted suicide. She sued Security, and the California Supreme Court finally upheld an award that covered the excess she had had to pay over the insurance limit, plus damages for the mental suffering she had endured. The total tab to Security, including interest, was $164,453; at one time, the company could have settled...
LaLanne may come on strong but the ladies apparently love every groaning, grunting minute of it. Each weekday morning he trims something like a ton of excess fat off 15 million women in 80 U.S. cities...
...Connell Plan offers no true solution. It is a sheer palliative intended to satisfy everyone. It offers to the advocate of liability without fault direct insurance payments for economic loss up to $10,000, regardless of negligence. However, it retains traditional litigation based on fault for economic loss in excess of $10,000 and for pain and suffering claims above $5,000. Obviously, it will encourage claimants to increase their demands to an amount which will bring them into court-and there they will still be faced with the present outmoded concepts and procedures-and interminable delay. Compensation plans similar...
...which will integrate dollars from Sweden, lectures from Britain and extension agents from the Peace Crops. Our pace is set by the Government of Botswana. Any Volunteers or staff who has witnessed underemployment will never be tempted to prefer growth to sound judgment. Two further factors now guarantee against excessively rapid growth: a new system of budgeting introduced by the Bureau of the Budget and the clear excess of needs for Volunteers over current response of this generation...