Word: affair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Restic believes that the lengthy interlude contributed to Harvard's first quarter woes, but he is not about to badmouth the TV folks. "It's a motivational factor in itself," a necessary evil in any non-league affair. "Unlike the Brown game, however, TV really didn't add any pressure because we were confident that we could execute properly...
Quarterback Jim Kubacki displayed typical nonchalance when questioned about the tube's influence on his performance, noting that the deliberate "official" time-outs served as a constant reminder that the game was being beamed. Still, his biggest disappointment came after the affair, when the Fairview Park, Ohio native learned that the telecast was only regional in scope. "I thought my folks and friends were watching the game, he said...
...down the crowd mike," Staeckel screamed as the Harvard partisans chanted "Bullshit, Bullshit," in response to a controversial penalty call. The network has never had a love affair going with the rowdy Harvard faithful and the more outrageous band. Last year, ABC refused to show the Harvard halftime show because of a 1973 incident in which a rather spicy presentation embarassed the ABC brass...
Beyond the putting greens and polo grounds, the search for the good life has always been a pretty egalitarian affair in the South. Between good ole boys on a fishing, hunting, canoeing or camping weekend, distinctions of class or income are secondary to expertise or camaraderie. "Heaven help us," says Knoxville's Cas Walker, "if we are so obsessed with making money that we can't get together with old friends and enjoy a few simple pleasures...
...Davis affair has given us one lesson. Accusations about the strictly racial implications of Davis's statements, whether wrong or right, carry little weight with many of the people who embrace his consideration of standards of excellence. If anything, such attacks will only goad people into Davis's camp, possible through sympathy for the scholar's rights of academic freedom...