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...numbers, says Arthur Okun, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, mean "the freeze thawed out quicker than we thought." He adds that the notion that the winter cold would do lasting damage to the economy "was the biggest fizzle since Kohoutek's comet." Just as the January figures were unduly depressed, current statistics might be distorted by the bounce back from the January slump. Nonetheless, the outlook seems bright-if inflation can be wrestled down...
...mile relay team blazed to the tape in 7:33.0 in the qualifying race, a quicker time than last year's winning standard. A vintage field in the finals prevented the team of Thad McNulty, Scott Dolson, John Chafee, and Jeff Campbell from repeating last year's championship effort...
...number five, Ned Bacon wasn't exactly huffing and puffing either. As did Scott Mead two positions down the ladder, Bacon relinquished 18 points in his victory, which occurred quicker than you can take a quiz...
...edged up to Stewart in the hotel lobby, gave him the password, and said "Follow me." He led him out of the hotel lobby and through the lushly landscaped gardens to a bungalow. At the door he gave a coded knock ?one rap, followed by four quicker raps, a pause, and then two more raps. It was a knock Stewart would use hundreds of times in years to come...
...little trouble at first with first-game jitters," junior captain Kathy Fulton said. "But we managed to get over them much quicker than they...