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ff Apparently intrigued by the freewheeling advantages of operating outside an established athletic conference--no unprofitable schedule commitments, no prying commissioners to police athletes' subsidies--the University of Washington's board of regents voted to follow in the steps of California, U.C.L.A. and U.S.C. (TIME, Dec. 23) and desert the 43-year-old Pacific Coast Conference. With Stanford also slipping away fast, the P.C.C. has one clear course left: divide up its $250,000 bankroll and dissolve. This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.