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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even TIME's Frank Trippett was overcome by the magnitude of a billion. An airplane propeller spinning 2,400 r.p.m. would actually spin 1,261,440,000 times in a 365-day year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1979 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...Frank Trippett's Essay [Oct. 29] on astounding numbers was excellent. But how could he possibly leave out one of the most intriguing units of measurement known to man, the light-year-the distance that light travels in one year's time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 3, 1979 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...They did what teams are going to do to us all year," coach Frank McLaughlin said afterwards. "They go with the big guys against us." But the Crimson--with no player over 6-ft. 5-in.--boxed out underneath, and out-rebounded the pondersome Cardinals...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Crimson Drops Cards | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...basketball you don't need an awful lot of guys," says Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin, smiling. "You only need a couple of guys and you're a national contender...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers to Debut Tonight | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

...talk to Frank McLaughlin long enough, you might forget that Harvard hoop has not had a winning season since 1972-73, has never won the Ivy League title, and that basketball sometimes seems like the forgotten stepchild of Harvard sports...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Cagers to Debut Tonight | 11/30/1979 | See Source »

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