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McCurdy said the big problem has been to get the harriers down to earth after their one point victory over the Quakers. "But they certainly earned the right to float around for a while," McCurdy said...

Author: By K. J. Dionne, | Title: Harriers Travel to Providence Today; Expect Win Over Weak Brown Squad | 10/13/1972 | See Source »

Bowyer said that the cost of the second-stage project might be lowered by combining an underground garage with the related structure complex, thereby eliminating the need for piles altogether. Such a complex would "float" in the marshy subsoil, but would be limited in height to six or eight stories...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: Future Shock | 9/1/1972 | See Source »

...John Lee shoots his footage, Author Shrake captures superbly the feeling of combustible chaos that climaxed in the Kennedy assassination. Senile billionaires, rabid right-wing executives of shadow corporations, cheap crooks, displaced cowboys, and kids who stay well stoned and let it all float right on by, even Jack Ruby-Shrake molds them all into his amphetamine apocalypse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Fiction | 8/14/1972 | See Source »

...much like the water -it got in his eyes and ears -and at one point he called out to his mother, "Ich liebe dich, but can I come raus?" The result of a week's garden parties: Cipì not only has new friends but he can also float...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 17, 1972 | 7/17/1972 | See Source »

European bankers predict that the pound will float down to somewhere between $2.40 and $2.50, after which the British government will make official that de facto devaluation. Whether that will stabilize the world financial system a while longer remains to be seen. The most discouraging thing about the panic last week was that safety devices built up in the past six months collapsed promptly when put to the test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: A New System's Big Test | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

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