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...political advance-and to good business for the U.S. Improving the economies of the developing countries makes them better customers. An estimated 2 million American jobs depend on exports to developing countries, and twelve of those nations, according to a United Nations Association study, are the world's fastest growing markets for U.S. products...
Good is synonomous with fast in describing swimming pools, and Cleveland State's natatorium is unquestionably the fastest around. Its extreme depth (12-16 ft. in the competition end) and huge, wave-swallowing gutters minimize turbulence and thus, maximize potential for record performances. It is no coincidence that current American swimming records practically parallel Cleveland State pool records...
...Curley is an amazing athlete," Fish said. "Walker used to be the fastest guy on the team, but Curley leaves them all with their mouths hanging-open...
Cross-country skiing, or ski touring, which for years has dawdled in the valleys, a poor cousin to the downhill variety, has suddenly taken off. With more than 3 million devotees, easily double the number of only two years ago, it is the country's fastest-growing winter sport. "It is bigger than the bowling boom of the '50s, the tennis boom of the '60s and the running boom of the '70s," says Chicago's Morrie Mages, owner of the country's largest sporting-goods store, who has seen his sales of cross-country...
Gymnastics is one of those "fastest growing sports in America" we hear so much about. At Harvard, however, the competitive gymnastics program is virtually non-existent...