Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Maybe because it's hard to keep track of him. Vukonich (10 goals and six assists for 16 points this season) is big--6-ft., 1-in., and 205 lbs.--but he is also quick and one of the best end-to-end players on the Crimson...
Granted, as officials in the University's financial aid office are quick to point out, the immediate effects of the tuition hike will be offset by increases in grants to students. Unfortunately, however, the effects of a 6.5 percent tuition hike are not quite so easy to gauge. A student from a modest-to low-income background may very well be irrevocably dissuaded from applying to Harvard by the news of another large tuition hike...
Palmore is quick to dismiss councils of the past as unresponsive to student opinion. This year's perceived activism, he argues, is the result of a unique set of personalities whose influence needs to be institutionalized. But for every one who thinks the council is staunchly conservative, another feels it is a group of knee-jerk liberals. In truth it is a representative group of the student population that tries its best to make reasoned decisions on a case-by-case basis. Campus-wide election of the chair will not solve the council's problems...
...airlines when he spoke in Washington last month. Noting that U.S. carriers spent $6 billion to maintain their fleets in 1987, Shrontz said a typical jet receives up to ten man-hours of maintenance for each hour of flight. He also chided reporters for frequently being too quick to speculate about the cause of air accidents and too slow to point out the air industry's strengths. "Since the 1960s," he said, "there's been an 80% decline in the number of fatal accidents per million airplane miles...
...Cohen showed signs later in the period of the play that earned him second-team All-ECAC honors this year. When Cornell's Chris Grenier intercepted a Mann clearing pass in the SLU zone, Cohen's quick reflexes saved the Saints...