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Once again the big question on offense centers on the quarterback position. Cozza will have to choose his third quarterback in as many years from among a field of two: '78 backup Dennis Dunn and rifle armed sophomore John Rogan...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Brown Has Size and Experience To Capture Ivy Football Title; Dartmouth, Yale Also Strong | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...very least, Restic needs a dependable backup defensive tackle and end, some extra linebackers and a more stable lineup in the corners, depleted by the graduation of defensive halfbacks Steve Potysman and Fred Cordova...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice If... | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...Yale and UMass; and Restic says the team will have to use motion, rather 1979 Crimson Football at a Glance Area Strengths Weaknesses Quarterback With senior Burke St. John, Harvard will lean towards a running offense, using options and sprint-outs. St. John knows the Multiflex and has experience; backup junior Jim Keyte also has J.V. experience. Passing game is a problem, St. John is not a strong-armed quarterback; and Keyte, a powerful baseball pitcher, remains untested as a passer. No real long threat. Offensive line Five returning lettermen led by '78 starters Dave Scheper (center) and Mike Durgin...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice If... | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...electric version, in which Crazy Horse--Young's old backup band restored--bleats out a barbaric triplet after each line, sounds eerily nihilistic, as though Young were trying to convince himself that his alternately cliched and obscure lyrics could lead him to some Fountain of Youth for him and his coevals...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: My Generation, Past Thirty | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

...into a hole so deep that they are having trouble getting out. In 1976 giant mechanical moles began work on the largest public works project in the nation: 131 miles of tunnel shafts, reservoirs and pumping stations. The network was designed to drain off rainwater and thus combat sewer backup and subsequent flooding of basements and overflow into the area's reservoirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Americana, Jun. 25, 1979 | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

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