Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...underestimate the American people." In 1976, the American people bounced Gerald Ford on his ear and elected a Bert Lance subsidiary named Jimmy Carter, making Ford the first incumbent to get the Golden Toe since Herbert Hoover. Even they could see the shallowness and stupidity written on Ford's big Labrador face. But Carter? Nixon? Johnson? Kennedy? Maybe they weren't so shrewd. Maybe Gerald Ford, the one they hadn't picked, was the best President that generation ever had. Read 'em and weep...
However, the fall part of the season could offer the best opportunities of the year for Harvard wins. In addition to the same three tournaments as last year, three potential victories in dual matches seem possible. But when spring's big kids from the South and fall's monsters from the Ivies confront the racquetwomen, the new kids in the big-time tennis world still might get picked...
...combat "bureaucratic void"--what Cantor calls the frequent malaise among employees at large institutions who feel insignificant--was to issue a computerized statement to every employee listing each of his benefits, such as retirement and hospitalization. "That statement helped people know Harvard does care, even though it's a big place. We got literally hundreds of responses, and all but one were favorable. One woman wrote in to say she thought we should not be wasting money on something so trivial," Cantor says...
...should go even further and require ETS to make available any ETS data that would allow outside individuals to evaluate the tests. But as it stands, the law is a big step forward, which ETS and the various College Boards should not hinder with limited testing, higher prices or boycotts...
Buckley has a marvelous arm. Big deal. He never was comfortable with the Multiflex, and he hadn't really proven himself to be a stellar signalcaller. Perhaps he would've been cozy this season, tossing 40 or 50 times a game for hundreds of yards and probably some touch-downs. Maybe. Then again, maybe...