Word: fastest
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...stand" in high school, when Murray was captain of the Natick High team which was runner-up to Needham last year in the Bay State League. The two seem to have resolved their former rivalry as they are both linemates and roommates. Benson even designs to label Murray "the fastest skater on the team and a great forechecker as well as a superb penalty-killer." They have combined for 10 goals and 10 assists so far this year...
...Shaw, who had an opinion about everything, wrote that the subject of religion is "the only one that capable people really care for." Our readers certainly do: our mail shows consistently that they have strong, informed views on religion. This week's cover story, "The Evangelicals," concerns the fastest-growing religious movement in the U.S. today. For Religion Editor Richard N. Ostling, the assignment involved an unusual degree of personal engagement, because he is an Evan gelical. "Being religious gives you a basic interest," says Ostling. "But you have to be objective, which in my case means writing about...
...year-old front mixes crude, inflammatory racism with a dose of ultranationalism (calling for increased defense spending and high protective tariffs, for example). Official membership is only about 20,000, but the front has attracted a following among working-class whites and is the country's fastest-growing political movement. Although it has yet to elect a Member to the House of Commons, the front gained nearly 10% of the popular vote in a recent parliamentary by-election, trailing Labor and the Tories but nudging the venerable Liberals from third place...
...strong candidate to win the Heisman Trophy. To take advantage of Campbell's brute (6 ft. 1 in., 220 lb.) strength and the sizzling speed of Wide Receiver Johnny ("Lam") Jones-a 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 400-meter relay and, according to Akers, "the fastest football player in the world"-the new coach substituted a big-play, I-formation offense for the Royal Wishbone. When the offense bogs down, there is the estimable leg of Kicker Russell Erxleben to put three points on the scoreboard. Erxleben set an N.C.A.A. field-goal record early this season with...
...rookie star did the needed leg work on her final time around. She pulled to 15th position with 1/2 mile to go and churned past Kathy Banks of Penn State in the last 50 yards to finish as 14th fastest woman in the country...