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Despite the low cadence at the end of the race, the Crimson turned in the fastest time of the day, six seconds quicker than the nearest competitor...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: Heavyweight Oarsmen Easily Grab First in Potomac Regatta | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...other semis, UCLA zipped past Princeton to win by a length. UCLA turned in the fastest time of the morning, setting up a rematch of the San Diego finals...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: Heavyweight Oarsmen Easily Grab First in Potomac Regatta | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

Only a few days earlier, the governor of Manchester's Strangeways Prison had pronounced it "the fastest-improving establishment in the country." Not for long. As if to mock that boast, most of the prison's 1,648 inmates went on a rampage last week to protest against overcrowding and outdated facilities. At least two died and scores were injured in the red brick relic, which was built in 1868 to incarcerate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Explosion Of Evil | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...family and the fact that his father had died of cancer at the age of 46, Lynch said he had decided it was time to quit. He will be succeeded by Morris Smith, 32, who runs the $700 million Fidelity OTC (over-the-counter) fund, one of the fastest-growing parts of the Fidelity group's 180-fund empire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wizard Bows Out | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...baseball never changes. A perfectly fielded ground ball to the shortstop will still nip even the fastest of runners at first just as it did in 1908 (the last time the Cubs won a World Series, by the way). The epic struggle of the hitter and pitcher carries all the potency today as when Ty Cobb first stepped to the plate 90 years ago. And for the fans, Gary Cooper in Pride of the Yankees was just as cool as Robert Redford in The Natural...

Author: By Rik Geiersbach, | Title: No Genetic Freaks in Baseball | 4/7/1990 | See Source »

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