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...cold, so cold I refused to do any wading. There was some snow on the ground, not much, but hard icy snow in the hollows the sun does not hit. And it was 24 degrees F. at 6:30 a.m. Trout, being cold-blooded creatures, were bound to be sluggish, as well as maybe not in the river...

Author: By Dwight Cramer, | Title: Dwight on the Town | 4/24/1974 | See Source »

...their old fixed commissions on trades under $2,000. The idea is to get more firms to vie vigorously for small transactions and to give customers of modest means a saving on trading costs. Yet, reflecting the caution of the ailing securities industry, the effort got off to a sluggish start. Only a few major brokerage firms unveiled cut-rate commission plans-and those were hedged about by so many restrictions as to make them seem an April Fool's joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: April Fool for Small Trades | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...third quarter, Radcliffe was justifiably tired from the afternoon's workout--after all it was just like a practice--and it showed all too much. Despite unflagging effort by Wood, the third period was marked by sluggish, sloppy and slow basketball. This was no great surprise to the Williams squad, but for the Crimson, it was not only unfortunate, but unexpected. With a quarter left, the score was only...

Author: By Ellen A. Cooper, | Title: Radcliffe Avenges Recent Loss, Cagers Whip Williams, 46-16 | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

...thinclads go against all the Ivies plus Army and Navy next week in the Heptagonals at Cornell. Even though the Crimson appeared a little sluggish Saturday after their Greater Boston Championships win last week, Stowell said he believes that the Crimson will give Navy and Penn, last year's winner and runner up, a race for the Hep crown...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Harvard Thinclads Topple Ivy Rivals | 2/20/1974 | See Source »

...instance, against Penn, Sanders rotated Lenny Adams in for Bill Carey, Carey for a sluggish Lou Silver and Silver for Tony Jenkins. The next night, it was Adams for Silver, Silver for Carey, etc. The pull-and-plug logic has worked, in one sense...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: View From the Attic | 2/19/1974 | See Source »

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