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LENIN OFTEN PREACHED against the armchair revolutionaries of his day, voicing his impatience with their "inclination to substitute discussion for action, talk for work, the inclination for undertaking everything under the sun without finishing anything." Obviously he was right--although the republican and communist revolutions of modern history have derived their inspiration in part from abstract theorization and radical principles, the forces that toppled the ancien regimes in both Europe and Asia depended primarily on the power politics and dogma that motivated insurgents among both peasantry and gentry...
Accordingly, most of the armchair quarterbacks are wondering whether Crimson signal-caller Brian Buckley will click with a rehabilitated Ron Cuccia, whether Tommy Beatrice and Jim Callinan will tear through the Eli defensive front, whether coach Joe Restic will use his tight ends with the same success he has in recent weeks, and whether the big-play Harvard defense will provide the difference...
...tattered armchair, Eliot sits, facing the black, leather chair that his grandfather--President Charles Eliot of Harvard--once took to college. The name Eliot is practically synonymous with historical Cambridge. His father wrote the official history of the town and was president of the Cambridge Historical Society, but now--one year after he gave up his official position--he studies the history of Cambridge only as a hobby...
...breakfast with reporters in McLean the day after the convention, Kennedy slouched in an armchair and sipped coffee in his spacious, beamed living room. Joan strolled into the room and sat at his arm, relaxed and confident. For the first time, he willingly reflected on what had happened to him in the campaign, and what might be his future in politics. Said he: "After the early primaries, we knew the chances of getting the nomination were remote. But programs and issues that we were raising were beginning to take on a life of their own, and I saw them expressed...
...Armchair admirals in Newport attributed the terrible trials of Terrible Ted to outside distractions (his new Cable News Network and the Atlanta Braves) and to lack of motivation. "Aw, that's a bunch of bull," Turner says. "I've got too much responsibility to spend all my time screwing around in sailboats, but it doesn't affect me on the race course...