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...players. It's that freedom of motion that separates me." Another Erving trick: in mid-dribble he palms the ball with his right hand, leaving his left free to fend off opponents, and soars into shooting or passing position without losing a step. The ploy, Erving says, "is quicker and more deceptive. You eliminate one move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Doctor's Orders | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

Louis E. Martin, head librarian, explained yesterday that the new system would facilitate more accurate recording of library transactions and quicker retrieval of books from the stacks...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: Widener Library to Cut Costs With Computerized Circulation | 12/1/1973 | See Source »

...Harvard already uses. Whatever tactic Restic decides to use, it will definitely utilize the talents of his offensive cogs, Jim Stoeckel, Neal Miller and Pat McInally. If they perform as they have in the past, they should beat Yale and make the 50-mph ride home seem a lot quicker...

Author: By Kim G. Davis, | Title: Harvard Will Go to Yale for 90th Football Tilt | 11/21/1973 | See Source »

...Harvard has been trying to reduce energy consumption for the past two years," Hall said. "We should have even more success now because faculty support is quicker and stronger...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: Power Cutbacks Likely This Winter; B&G Predicts Light, Heat Reduction | 11/10/1973 | See Source »

After chronicling a year in the life of the Shackelfords and the Mosebys, Howell's book moves to a quicker discussion of people he knew less well, and finally to a general description of the style of life he calls hard living. Even in the conclusion, however, Howell respects the individuality of each of the people he knew. He uses a novelist's style to describe the people he knew on Clay Street, and he draws few conclusions, because he wants to broaden the reader's thinking, not to fit it to a set of his ideas...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: Dreams and Defenses...Families Caught Between | 10/13/1973 | See Source »

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