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...company's operations center in New Jersey began to light up like a football scoreboard. For reasons still being investigated, a computer in New York City had come to believe it was overloaded with calls, and it started to reject them. Alerted to New York's troubles, dozens of backup computers across the U.S. automatically switched in to take up the slack -- only to exhibit the same bizarre symptoms. People trying to place long-distance calls all over the world suddenly began to hear busy signals and recorded messages blandly informing them that "all circuits" were busy...
...Despite backup netminder Mike Francis's stellar performance last Saturday night against St. Lawrence, Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said he would return to his regular goaltending rotation for this weekend at least. Chuckie Hughes will man the nets tonight, while Allain Roy will be between the pipes tomorrow against Brown...
...desperation, Morris pulled starting goalieJohn Fletcher at the beginning of the third andplayed backup Phil Contois. Contois only gave upone goal--a sliding stuff from sophomore Tim Burkelate in the game--but the game was already way outof Clarkson's hands...
Columbia (0-7, 0-4) scored twice in the fourth quarter on a 93-yd. run by reserve fullback J.R. Clearfield and a 15-yd. pass from backup quarterback John Tribolet to Floyd Ewing...
...enormous energy and resources that Californians have invested in getting ready for the Big One were amply rewarded last week. Since 1971, construction codes have been tightened, buildings have been reinforced, emergency backup water supplies and communications systems have been secured. In communities throughout the state, fire and police departments regularly practice earthquake evacuation and rescue responses, and neighborhood groups have organized self-help efforts...