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...Wednesday before last fall's game against UMass--also the second contest of the season, also on ABC--when Curry left school quicker than a pre-med leaves the dining room...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Timmy, We Hardly Knew Ye | 9/24/1977 | See Source »

...waiting until the year 2000 for canal control We have two ways to go: either the slow way, over a generation, or by liberation war, which would be quicker, with a high price in blood-the lives of 50,000 young Panamanians. We prefer the treaty. If the United States does not keep its treaty pledges during the time ahead, then there surely will be trouble. The treaty must be observed. We shall observe it, and we expect the U.S. to do the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: We Have Two Ways to Go | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...fast in a race. You haven't got the luxury of time." Still, North seems to have settled down in recent weeks, and the crew is, at last, becoming cohesive: Enterprise's execution, marked by sloppiness and uncertainty in the early going, has become much crisper and quicker. As a result, during July Enterprise won seven races for an overall match record so far of eleven wins and twelve losses to Courageous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mouth of the South' at the Helm | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

...even, the engineering of practical power plants will be difficult and their construction expensive. Admits Lawrence Livermore Physicist John Emmett: "No one is saying it will be cheap." Still, given the seriousness of the energy crisis, that is no reason to sidetrack fusion research in favor of programs promising quicker payoffs. "Shortrange solutions last a short time," warns Princeton Physicist Melvin Gottlieb. "Longterm solutions take decades to achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TECHNOLOGY: The Great Nuclear Fusion Race | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

Coach West sees "incredible physical differences" between black and white ballplayers. Says he: "It seems that all the black guys have bigger hands, they're so much quicker, they jump higher. They seem to do everything a little bit better." Chuck Fairbanks, coach and general manager of the New England Patriots, states flatly: "Blacks have the edge when it comes to speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Black Dominance | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

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