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The closest match of the day came at number two. The Crimson's John Stubbs and Ephman Chip Lindquist slammed the slippery spheroid for the better part of two hours before Linquist prevailed, 15-10, 10-13, 10-15, 14-16, 15-12.

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Racquetmen Swing Past Williams, 7-2 | 1/11/1979 | See Source »

The wind was fiercer on the Owens Valley side. It blew sleet and snow hard enough to turn any exposed flesh a deep red-violet. There was also more snow. Old snow, left over from a harsh winter, was covered with a new and slippery coat. Most of the time...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: Hell and High Water | 11/21/1978 | See Source »

Temperatures dropped below zero with the wind chill factor, and light snow flurries made the course treacherously slippery, making the race a miserable affair for the 241 individual competitors.

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Herd Concludes Very Successful Season By Taking 28th Spot at NCAA Championship | 11/21/1978 | See Source »

Firm answers are difficult to come by; witness the Central Intelligence Agency's forays into the slippery field of oil forecasting. In his drive for a conservation-oriented energy program early last year, President Carter leaned heavily on a CIA forecast for his ominous prediction that depletion of all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Oil: What's Left out There | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

There has been a vacancy on the Supreme Court and the Justices are distinctly disconcerted to learn that the President has appointed the first woman ever to become one of the august nine. One Justice, Dan Snow (Henry Fonda), is apoplectic. He is a cantankerous, mountain-climbing liberal maverick not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: High-Court Hokum | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

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