Word: swiftly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Life on the ground was more trying and complex-as if Herman Melville had written Tom Swift. The press made a mockery of his quest for privacy. Today, no self-respecting journalist can read the lurid coverage of the Lindbergh kidnaping case without feeling embarrassment for his craft. "Experiencing a kind of publicity hitherto known only by royal families, Presidents, or movie stars, we had none of the official protection on public figures," recalls Mrs. Lindbergh in the latest installment of her diaries and letters (The Flower and the Nettle; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Her recollection is the main theme...
...Chicagoan Levi knew that the perpetrator was not from his home town, said an aide, "because it doesn't wear a slouch hat." Other Justice officials were unamused. Startled by what turned out to be a secret army of squatters in their gray stone colossus, they demanded a swift return to capital punishment, and in came the exterminators. Due process? The FBI could not be called in to investigate, cracked a spokesman, because "mice are not included in the new security guidelines...
Horton, who played with Bill Hozack and Phelps Swift on the Crimson's most productive line this winter, was the squad's seventh leading scorer with II goals and nine assists...
PLAYERINDIVIDUAL SCORING POS GP G A PTS PM GW George Hughes C 26 15 32 47 14 2 Dave Bell W 25 22 19 41 28 1 Bill Hozack C 26 10 27 37 4 3 Phelps Swift W 26 16 15 31 2 2 Kevin Swift C 26 9 18 27 24 0 Paul Haley W 19 9 13 22 10 1 Bill Horton W 26 11 9 20 16 0 Gene Purdy W 26 8 12 20 18 1 Todd Nieland D 26 4 14 18 40 1 Kevin Burke...
Less than a minute later, Swift notched the hat trick with an assist from Bell and Hozack. The trio finished the regular season second, third and fourth in scoring behind Hughes. Bell scored 12 goals and picked up 23 assists while Hozock tallied 10 goals and Swift wound up with 16 goals and 13 assists...