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While I've always enjoyed a whirl down the Highland St. hill on my Flexible Flyer, my idea of a good time stops short of broken bones and cranial concussions...
Peter Tetlow swam a fine 1:57 in the 200 butterfly to best star Red flyer Bob Meade who placed second. Tetlow, always a strong finisher, trailed Meade by four or five seconds midway through the race but surged to the victory in the last couple laps...
Then it was Bailey's turn. Wearing a charcoal gray suit, the banty, 5 ft. 7¾ in. ex-Marine flyer walked to the lectern, folded his arms, leaned toward the jury and, without glancing at his notes, delivered a calm, 30-minute summary of his case. There would be no denial that Patty was in the bank, he said, but he urged the jury to note that "perhaps for the first time in the history of bank robbery, a robber was directed to identify herself in the midst of the act." Patty, his argument ran, was a normal, marriage-bound...
...year, Dallas-based Aztec Oil & Gas Co. seemed an unlikely candidate for widespread investor interest. But as far back as 1971, the company's stock began fluctuating sharply on the New York Stock Exchange. Activity became hectic last year, and in January Aztec became a full-fledged high flyer on the Big Board.On nine days it hit the most-active list: trading volume one day exceeded 400,000 shares, easily outpacing such giants as AT&T and General Motors. More than 3 million Aztec shares changed hands in January-57% of the total outstanding. The price more than doubled...
Scratch a Flexible Flyer and underneath lies a luge. The principal difference, of course, is a matter of speed. The luge run at Innsbruck will produce a maximum speed of almost 70 m.p.h., and belly flopping is grounds for disqualification. The racers lie on their backs and steer with their feet. East German women won gold and silver medals in 1968, but were disqualified for illegally heating their steel runners before the race. On cold steel, they swept all medals at Sapporo and should do so again. Margit Schumann is the best woman, and Countryman Hans Rinn is also...