Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finals of the N.C.A.A. championship in which his Miners would face the na tion's top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats. Raskins used to play under Oklahoma State's legendary Hank Iba, and "one night after a game, I fell asleep listening to him talk about stopping the fast break. He hit me with an eraser. If I missed anything then, it'll surely show up here." Haskins, it turned out, did not miss much. While he yelled encouragement from the sidelines, Western's all-Negro five effectively buried Kentucky's fast break with pinpoint control...
...transfer control of European operations this fall to a brand-new subsidiary called Esso Europe, to be based in London. Esso Europe will oversee a 14-nation area that already sells more oil and gas than Jersey does in the U.S., and where sales are rising three times as fast...
SECOND BASE: Shepard has moved junior Neil Houston from third base to second, and he'll almost certainly be the starter. Houston is fast and agile, but hit only .224 last year. Sophomore Dick Manchester is the backup...
OUTFIELD: Shepard is blessed with three hard-hitting, lightening-fast lettermen: George Neville in left, John Dockery in center, and Dan Hootstein in right. Sophomore Carter Lord is in reserve, and he's probably the fastest of all. Neville and Dockery are seniors, while Hootstein is a junior...
...chief characteristic of this year's varsity is simply speed. Hootstein, Dockery, and Lord are all former sprinters, and Neville, Houston, Tobin, and Grate are also fast. "We'll run quite a bit," Shepard admits...