Word: bigs
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First, little big man Rich Horner boogied 54 yards past Princeton defenders into the endzone for Harvard's first punt-return touchdown since...
...worse than that, the big and powerful Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) wouldn't shake hands with King, and after his ballyhooing pep rally cheer simply lumped King with the rest of the statewide candidates after singling out senatorial candidate Paul Tsongas for praise, King became noticeably more uncomfortable. The next day, of course, his aides would explain that King and Kennedy have never been close political allies. As for the boos, well, "They probably came from the Tsongas people, or somebody's staffers," Barry Kaplovitz, issues aide to King, quickly adds. "If there were a few boos...
...show for unity. Jimmy cuddled Ashley Tsongas, daughter of Rep. Paul E. Tsongas (D-Mass.), soft spoken candidate for the senate. Jimmy smiled from ear to ear: that big, wide Jimmy smile, and Ashley spent the rest of the time walking around the platform, endearing herself and her father to the crowd of Democratic notables. Tsongas was clearly the man of the day, King a hesitant afterthought. And perhaps somebody told Carter he should visit Lynn to endorse the Democratic ticket partly as a favor to U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D-Mass.), whose...
...trying to set up a return wall down the left sideline," Horner explained afterward. "Their punter hit it to my right, and I started heading left when I noticed there was nobody in the middle. Poty (Steve Potysman) sprung me loose and after that there was this big alley. The next thing I knew I was in the end-zone...
After that it was all haze. There was an inexcusable pass interference call, a quarterback draw that went for big yardage, a couple of punts maybe, then the fumble. And just as hazy now is any kind of analysis of this team, or for that matter, of the season in which the ends will not justify the means...