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...left-hander, Mohibulla may be the Fastest player ever. Only Hashim could possibly dispute...
Conference in Luluabourg. Like a cowboy leading a stampede, Tshombe himself is running hardest and fastest. Hardly had he returned from Brussels last month, triumphantly displaying the former colonial government's long-promised portfolio of shares in the Congo's Belgian-owned industries, than he was racing to consolidate his success politically. Crowing that the "return of the portfolio" was the equivalent of political and economic independence -and the symbol of national dignity-Tshombe flew off for a conference with other political leaders in Luluabourg. The object was to form an electoral alliance that would carry him through...
...time was logged at 221 hrs. 52 min. and she was assured the coveted blue ribbon that goes to the first boat to finish. Two days later, when officials finally finished calculating the complicated handicap formula, Ondine had also won a fancy silver trophy for being the fastest on corrected time...
...There are, of course, some exceptions. The boss of a big Longshoremen's local in Brooklyn is college-trained Anthony Scotto, 30. He is a special case: he was hand-picked by the late Tony Anastasio, who happened to be his father-in-law. And one of the fastest-rising men in the Ladies' Garment Workers is Dave Dubinsky's son-in-law Shelley Appleton, 45. Obviously one of the best ways to get ahead in U.S. unionism is to marry the boss's daughter...
...chief operating officer and "inside" man, and Archie K. Davis, 54, its gregarious chairman, who handles the vital outside contacts. Both worked their way up from clerks, and both have a single goal: to finance as much Southern growth as possible with Southern money. Wachovia has the fastest-growing mortgage department and the largest auto-loan operations in the South. It keeps 20 officials on the road to promote business opportunities in North Carolina, has a top official in each branch whose job is to lure new industry. "Our future is dependent on this state and this area," says Watlington...