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...proposed merger would hold special advantages for Control Data. One of the fastest-growing computer concerns, it registered earnings during fiscal 1967 of $8.4 million on revenues of $245 million, and is running far ahead of that pace so far in 1968. President William C. Norris has had to scramble for the cash to keep the expansion going. Commercial Credit's resources should help Norris increase computer sales abroad, also provide the financing his company needs to strengthen its position in the competitive -and lucrative-leasing field...
...first, officials feared that the concrete-hard clay track was short, but a careful survey showed that it actually measured 100 meters and 4 in. Then the timers came under attack: "I was watching their hands," insisted one onlooker, "and I saw some of the fastest fingers in the West." Maybe. But in the cases of Greene, Hines and Smith, an automatic Bulova Accutron Phototimer confirmed that all three had indeed broken Mary's mark. Their times were therefore submitted to the International Amateur Athletic Federation for official recognition...
...fastest men on the draw in television are neither the Matt Dillons nor the Sergeant Fridays but the network executives in Manhattan. Their weapons are the staff memo, the telegram to Washington, and the press release...
...fastest-growing new academic specialties in U.S. universities is Negro culture. Whether prodded by militant black student groups, equally concerned white students or faculty conscience, the nation's colleges are rushing to add courses in Negro history, literature, anthropology, music and art. San Francisco State even has a course in "Black Psychology," while Colgate Rochester Divinity School this fall will begin a program of "Black Church Studies...
...suit of aluminum chain mail that weighs 34 Ibs. Says Francoise: "It forces me to exteriorize my sentiments, using only my voice, my eyes and my face." Translation: she can't move. Less weighty are the glittering chain tunics and boleros of Loris Azzaro, at 35 the fastest rising designer in Paris. True, the chain micro-dress he turned out for Brigitte Bardot's New Year TV special weighed eight pounds, but that did not prevent BB from wearing it several times since for dancing at New Jimmy...