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Senior Scott Johnson started the season by staking himself as the speediest at a slalom staged with Boston College during vacation. Though captain of the storming squad, studies stayed Johnson from Saturday's slalom. Counting on the strength of greater depth than any recent team, although lacking the services of graduated superstar Ben Steele, Carter says the squad should surpass any Crimson team of the last five years...

Author: By David J.states, | Title: Skiers Snatch 1st and 3rd at Beebe Cup Slalom | 1/22/1975 | See Source »

BICKEL: I also think it was an unwise action. The critical point is that the highest national interest lies in the speediest resolution of all this. The House may or may not turn out to have a function that coexists with that of the judiciary. There was nothing to be lost and everything to be gained in appointing a select committee and getting a process started that is bound to be lengthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONSTITUTION: A Colloquy on the Unresolved Issues | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...effort to rescue the Ugandans has been one of the speediest operations in the history of U.S. immigration. Taking at face value Amin's dire threats of retribution if the Asians do not leave by Nov. 8, the U.S. invoked a special provision of the Immigration Law that permits the U.S. Attorney General to accept refugees under his "parole." Once they arrive in America they can apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFUGEES: A Home for Ugandans | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

...short supply, forcing some customers to wait an extra five weeks for delivery. For the past two months, production of the Vega at Chevy's recently struck Lordstown, Ohio, plant has been at a peak level of 101 cars an hour. Ford's Pinto is the speediest seller of all: 175,000 in the first five months of 1972 v. 131,000 in the same period of 1971. Pinto benefited especially from the introduction early this year of a mini-station wagon that resembles Ford's successful full-sized Country Squire. One auto industry wit unsuccessfully suggested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Blue Denim Boom | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

...best size of any serious contender for the position, can run and pass fairly well, and is probably the most knowledgeable field general. Foster, who split duties with Crone on the freshman team last year, is the flashiest competitor since John McCluskey to challenge for the quarterback slot. The speediest, most elusive runner on the team, he is a superb scrambler and is extremely dangerous when given daylight. But his passing is deficient, and this is a serious problem to bring to a system that will use three receivers. The Crimson coaches would love to switch him to halfback. Foster...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Harvard Football After Last Year, Nowhere to Go but Up | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

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