Word: circuit
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...February 20 order of the Supreme Court, the First Circuit Court of Appeals will review its 1978 decision supporting the B.U. chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP...
Something about Whiteface, hulking and picturesque seemed to agree with Stock. The course that plunges down its side is not one of the ski circuit's most difficult runs. To accommodate lesser skiers, Olympic courses generally are not as demanding as most in World Cup events. With a length of 3,028 meters, the Whiteface downhill is a little too short and, in its final third, a little too flat to test the world's best skiers. But the run has its challenges, especially in the upper third, a steep (up to 55° grade), twisting course that...
...First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of B.U.'s faculty union in a verdict reached during the spring of 1978, McCracken said...
...case, Ford will not let talk of an eventual candidacy die. Trim, tan and in splendid spirits, he is easily the most active non-candidate around, averaging 18 days of travel a month and earning about $500,000 a year on the rubber-chicken circuit. Last week was typical. He flew from his $692,000 home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., to Salt Lake City for a dinner speech to Utah Republicans, then went the next day to Las Vegas for a lunchtime address to the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association. That afternoon the ex-President, wearing light blue paisley...
...Then, as an overflow audience of 20,000 jammed Oxford's scruffy town hall to hear a Southern-drawled sermon on sin, a number of students decided to be sophomoric. Some heckled Graham as a fascist, others set off the hall's fire alarm and cut closed-circuit TV cables that were carrying his message to 5,000 listeners in five other auditoriums. The preacher, now 61, took his hazing with saintly calm. "I hope for that sort of thing," he said. "It adds to the excitement...