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...troops in the Atlantic area. And he is Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic-NATO's top sailor-which means that he must be versed in diplomacy as well as war. To this demanding post, President Johnson has appointed Four-Star Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer, 53, the U.S.'s fastest-rising sailor...
...still ten states short of ratification. Starting with the 18th (Prohibition), most proposed amendments have carried a seven-year time limit for approval. This was no problem for the 21st Amendment; it swept through in less than ten months for the happy reason that it repealed the 18th. Fastest of all: the twelfth (separate electoral vote for President and Vice President), which in 1804 set the record of 187 days. Slowest: the 22nd (limiting Presidents to two terms) which took almost four years to get the nod in 1951. Newest of all: the 24th (barring poll taxes in federal elections...
There is plenty of business ahead for Wachovia. Next to the Far West, the Southeast has the nation's fastest-growing economy, carried forward on a fresh wave of industry that is sweeping aside plantations and piney woods. Agriculture, long predominant, now accounts for only 10% of the region's income, and Southern industry last year provided 75,000 new jobs, 25% of all the new factory jobs in the U.S. Personal income in the Southeast has climbed 25% in the past four years, last year rose 7.7% v. 6% for the entire...
...over 1,580 acres to develop Europe's largest single chemical complex. Now Europe's leading producer of raw materials for plastics and synthetic fibers, B.A.S.F. increased its sales by 18% to $940 million in 1964, a performance that makes it one of the world's fastest growing chemical companies...
...slalom race, the competitor must ski down a narrow, sharply twisting course, closely defined by bamboo poles with colored flags, in as short a time as possible. An average course takes about a minute, and the fastest times are often within a few tenths of a second...