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...annual ritual took a bizarre turn last week when Notre Dame's Ara Parseghian announced that he was stepping down. Before the shock wave subsided in South Bend, Notre Dame officials triggered another with the word that as Ara's replacement they had chosen Dan Devine, who was about to get his walking papers from the National Football League's Green Bay Packers...
Glittering Records. There was not the slightest suggestion that Notre Dame was unhappy with Ara. His team won the national championship last season and takes a 9-2 record into the Orange Bowl against undefeated Alabama. Trouble was the coach could not live with success. The demands, he says, have simply gotten too great. "There is no time to relax. College football now is more than just a twelve-month job; it's more like a 14-month job. After 25 years of coaching, I needed to back away from it, if I could, and take another look...
...pros, for Parseghian's record is impressive. His 94-victory total after eleven years at Notre Dame is second only to the 105 amassed by the legendary Knute Rockne. His career winning percentage at Miami of Ohio, Northwestern and Notre Dame is a glittering .745. But Ara says it will be a while before he's ready to try again. He plans to spend more time with his wife Katie, and devote greater attention to his insurance business and volunteer work with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (His daughter Karan suffers from the disease.) "If I get itchy...
...Notre Dame Coach Ara Parseghian were a pro football scout, he might well select Running Back Anthony Davis of Southern California as the first pick in the N.F.L. draft. Many fans would agree. Davis, after all, not only humiliated Notre Dame recently with four touchdowns, including a 102-yd. kickoff return, but also eclipsed O.J. Simpson's career rushing record at U.S.C. Moreover, he was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy (the prize went last week to Ohio State Running Back Archie Griffin, a junior). Those who hunt pro talent for a living though, say that Randy White...
...caught in the net was Sukar Narain Bakhia, 37, a 200-lb. illiterate who signs his documents with a thumbprint. He ruled the little town of Daman (formerly Portuguese Damao) south of Bombay like a personal fiefdom. By day Daman was just another sleepy seaside village with the blue Ara bian Sea lapping at its golden beaches...