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Although it is premature to label the Yardlings the fastest freshman crew in the East-that will be decided at tomorrow's sprints-they do have the potential to break the record of the largest margin of victory, eight seconds, set by last year's Crimson freshmen...
...psychic and social frustration. He incisively explains how this "raindance of continuing acceleration" increasingly determines the schedule of daily life, the geography of social space, the correlation of speed with socio-economic rank and the very quality of human existence: "Past a certain threshold of energy consumption for the fastest passenger, a worldwide class structure of speed capitalists is created. The exchanges value of time becomes dominant, and this is reflected in language: time is spent, saved, invested, wasted and employed. As societies put price tags on time, equity and vehicular speed correlate inversely. High speed capitalizes a few people...
North Carolina's Tony Waldrop provided most of the meet's excitement, clocking a 3:53.2 in the mile, the fastest time ever recorded in the East...
...very strong performance by Jim Springate in the half notched him his fastest time of 1:54 and a second place in front of 1:54.3-finisher Bill Okerman for the Crimson...
...last week, the San Diego Padres agreed that they deserved a break-from McDonald's. Trailing 9-5 in the eighth inning against the Houston Astros, the Padres were chastised in front of 39,000 fans by their new owner, Ray Kroc, 71, chairman of America's fastest-food empire. Perhaps hoping to instill in the team McDonald's will-to-win spirit, Kroc announced over the public address system: "I've never seen such stupid ball playing in my life." Although Kroc later apologized, the Padres considered complaining to Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, then thought...