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...have a lot of criticism for the defense, which has improved each week. Harvard should switch patterns more often, because teams know that the middle is wide open on our cover-two zone defense. The defense's only permutation right now is a corner blitz. The Crimson could at least try stunting: everyone else does it (with success) against...
...challenges facing the Administration in the most favorable light. When asked in an interview if the letter were not some kind of public relations ploy, the president rolled his eyes and said, "You know me better than that by now. It's not part of a public relations blitz, I promise you that, absolutely not. It's not me, it's not my nature...
...blitz hurt not only the media's credibility but the productivity of the workers who sat around TV sets each night, enraptured. Billions of hours were wasted as O.J. captivated watercooler conversations and dinner-table discussions alike. In the future, we hope Americans will spend those hours contemplating more serious issues--such as those raised by the trial itself--and that the media will guide them in that pursuit...
Though Democrats continued their attacks with a blitz of legislative delaying tactics and more high-publicity counterhearings on the lawn of the Capitol, the Senate Finance Committee approved the basic G.O.P. blueprint for overhauling Medicare and Medicaid. House Democrats unveiled a much less sweeping $90 billion cut in Medicare (the G.O.P. proposes $270 billion) that would essentially keep the system intact but reduce payments to hospitals and doctors. Meanwhile, a Congressional Budget Office analysis showed that the privatization option in the G.O.P.'s plans may not save as much as anticipated...
...Moorhead is a threat every time he has ball," Murphy said. "We need to get pressure on him. We want to play zone but we will blitz him if we have to. We do not want to let him get in his rhythm. He can pick you apart if he does...