Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Away we dashed. I fairly holding my breath and railing at the end of my seat. But the sensation of swift motion and aloftness, the keen air of the October morning's dawn, the unusualness and unexpectedness of that phase of my journey--it was intoxicating...
...adjustment, she says, has been mainly in trying to find a new apartment and new credit cards-"the same kind of thing you go through when you have your purse stolen." She does get a bit miffed when autograph seekers call her Ann, confusing her with Elizabeth Ann Swift, with whom she spent her captivity. Swift, of Washington, D.C., is fighting gamely to keep from regaining weight she lost as a hostage...
Critics of private justice programs contend that they have two great faults. One is the secrecy of the court proceedings, which disturbs many champions of press freedom. Another is that private courts are inherently discriminatory, since the swift justice they offer is available only to those who can afford to hire a judge. On the other hand, says Preble Stolz, a law professor at Berkeley, "if the cases that this system takes out of the pipeline are the ones that take several months to try normally, then that amounts to quite a bit of time saved to try many other...
Elizabeth Ann Swift '62, one of the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for more than a year, will return to Cambridge in the fall as a fellow at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA). Swift, who was the second highest ranking political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, accepted the position this week, saying. "I am very pleased and honored to be invited to be a CFIA fellow. It is a marvelous opportunity...
...here. Bruce Weller takes over for Santos-Buch in center, and according to coach Alex Nahigian, his range is comparable to the departed. If this is true, and Weller is at least an average hitter, Harvard has hit the jackpot again. Although not usually considered a skill position, a swift, dependable center fielder is a rare commodity, and finding two in arow is almost too much...