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...lights grabbed a quick two-seat lead, and lengthened it out into a six-seat margin by the 500 meter mark...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Crews Brighten Up a Gloomy Saturday | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...varsity hopped off the stake boats immediately, and by the time it had settled from its racing start the Navy coxswain was already shouting May Day as the Crimson held an early six-seat advantage...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: H-R Armada Rolls On-So What Else Is New?.. | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

...thrown off in heat and exhaust), but also is used wastefully. The Office of Emergency Preparedness says that 54% of all trips are less than five miles-e.g., simply driving to the corner drugstore to buy a pack of cigarettes. Even on longer commutes to work, the average six-seat car contains only 1.4 people. To the dismay of Detroit, some conservationists propose a tax either on bigger engines (which burn more gasoline than smaller ones) or on poor gas-mileage performance: cars getting more than 20 miles per gallon would escape the tax altogether. Beyond that, all energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Energy Crisis: Time for Action | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

...Crimson never really let the Midshipmen get close enough to challenge. Jumping out to a six-seat lead at the start, Harvard steadily increased that margin throughout the first half of the race. At the 1000-meter mark, the Crimson lights opened up water between themselves and Navy...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Lights Repell Navy for Haines Title | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

Meanwhile the Free Democrats, whose 27 Bundestag delegates give Brandt a narrow six-seat majority, are also losing voters. In Schleswig-Holstein, the Free Democrats polled only 3.8% of the vote, and lost their four seats in the state legislature. The Free Democrats also lost their representation in Lower Saxony and the Saar. If the present trend continues, only the two big parties are likely to emerge intact from the 1973 national elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Adolf on the Skids | 5/10/1971 | See Source »

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