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...fair river to watch the shells racing by, some gliding as if guided by an ethereal rhythm, others sputtering along like a beat-up old jalopy. If you're lucky, you catch a glimpse of the eight herculean men who comprise the United States National Team's fastest crew; at worst, you get to witness a spectacular crash...

Author: By Sujit Raman, | Title: Learning Life's Lessons on the Charles | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

...bird! It's a plane! No, it's Suzuki's Hayabusa (Japanese for falcon), said to be the fastest "street-legal" sport bike ever made. Its 1,300-cc engine and aerodynamic design enable the bike to reach 186 m.p.h., leaving the current champ, the Honda Blackbird, in the dust. What good is having a vehicle that can go three times the speed limit? Ask any guy with a Ferrari...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Oct. 19, 1998 | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...which means that Asian-American representation in the hallways of power has gone from barely noticeable to modestly influential. Despite being the fastest-growing, best-educated and most affluent minority group in America, Asians have traditionally been somewhat diffident when it comes to politics. Nearly two-thirds of Asians in the U.S. are immigrants, many from countries with checkered democratic traditions; most push their kids to become doctors and engineers, not lawmakers. Many saw the 1996 campaign-finance scandal as a Yellow Peril witch-hunt. One Indian aspirant for a House seat in Indiana, R. Nag Nagarajan, lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Place at the Table | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...time brought femininity to our sport. She showed by example that when you look great, you feel great--and when you feel great, you perform great. Florence brought to track a unique flair, style and grace, and added to them gold medals and world records. She was unquestionably the fastest woman in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...Crimson Cash is absolutely the fastest transaction on campus. The difference is astonishing at The Coop. It's as if we've cloned Domna [the checker at Annenberg Hall] and put her everywhere," Cuppett said...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Cash Buys Textbooks At Coop | 9/29/1998 | See Source »

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