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...York's Democratic Congressman Joseph Addabbo, 57, an obscure and almost shy eleven-term Representative from Queens, led the fight against MX production. He had heard Air Force officers briefing House members on Dense Pack. "That went over like a lead balloon," he recalled later. "The more they tried to explain Dense Pack, the less the members knew." Addabbo had also heard that not even the Joint Chiefs of Staff were wholly behind Dense Pack...
...play" occurred after Harvard lined up for the kickoff following its second touchdown in this year's edition of the Game. A big black blob of a balloon burst from the Crimson 46 yard line and began to inflate, halting the contest while large white letters proclaimed the identify of the perpetrator...
...frequency with which the final costs of multibillion-dollar weapons systems balloon far beyond original estimates is an all too familiar Pentagon embarrassment. Air Force auditors think they have put a finger on a related problem: the multiplying price of mundane spare parts...
With seven minutes and forty-five second remaining in the second quarter of The Game Saturday, a huge black weather balloon swelled out of the ground at the 45 yard line. As coaches, players and 40,000 fans watched in amazement, the balloon--bearing the letters M.I.T--inflated, rose and exploded in a pull of smoke...
Players and coaches for both teams said yesterday they were annoyed by the pranks because of the potential danger and the disruption of the game. Reserve Offensive Lineman Joe Ippolito '84 finally got fed up with the delay and threw a stone at the balloon. For this, teammate Joe Azelby '84 dubbed him the hero of The Game...