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Coach Kleinfelder switched to man-to-man defense. then back to the zone, rearranged the zone to a 2-2-1, but all to no avail. Only a concerted effort by the hoopster offense helped to close the gap to 5 points by half time, the closest they ever came to taking the lead...
...Emergency! Stalmaster got him his big break, the part of chief sweat-hog in ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter. Feinberg almost got him his first movie. She had him fly from New York to California to audition for Coppola's Godfather II. To no avail; Robby Benson was given the job, and then cut out in the editing room...
...Soviets evidently tried to flimflam the pole vault as well, though to little avail. According to Western vaulters, Soviet judges improperly raised their flags to help countrymen gauge the wind. Adriaan Paulen, president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) detected some hanky-panky in this one, not by the officials but by a Soviet vaulter, who was evicted for giving hand signals to a teammate. Groused Swedish Vaulter Miro Zalar, 23: "Everybody knows they are cheating...
...with Ford. Convinced that if the former President were his running mate, the ticket would be invincible, Reagan through intermediaries appealed to Ford's loyalty to the party and to the country. The Californian even offered to share his presidential powers with the ex-President. But all to no avail. Ford in the end declined to join the ticket, and the curious episode served only to raise questions about the nominee's judgment?and how far he was willing to go to win election in November...
...Lolling in your tubs scented with bath oils, in houses equipped with burglar and fire alarms. But what are ye safe from while imperiling your own souls? For he who said he would come as a thief in the night will do even so, and all your alarms will avail you naught in that hour when ye shall see him face to face . . . For in that dread day you shall get the message. Without CB . . . it shall be, that's it, buddy boy. For not all the air conditioning in the world can make you anything but a stench...