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...comparison, the women's giant-slalom race could not have been more different. Did Debbie ("Who?") Armstrong boast that she was going to win the women's G.S.? Not likely. This chunky, round-faced and unknown young woman with the great grin didn't dare to think about winning even after the race was over. But she ran second behind the fine U.S. racer Christin Cooper in the first run, and after the second, fizzing with joy and unburnt energy, she had taken the gold .4 sec. ahead of Cooper, who finished with a silver...
Harvard's number one player, sophomore Kenton Jernigan, was particularly impressive in overpowering Tuft's Saki Khan, the reigning Massachusetts Amateur State Champion Jemigan became stronger as the match progressed, wowing fans with a rarely seen double boast shot to finish with a 3-0 victory...
Four years ago, Black political power seemed out to lunch, women were entrenched in the difficulties of ERA. This year, however, both women and Blacks promise to be an effective vocal and voting force in the election--particularly. Blacks who now boast mayors in a large number of major U.S. cities. Four years ago Reaganites harnessed religious and monetary fundamentalists, the former of whom had never really had a hand in American politics and the latter of whom had been in disarray since the days of President Coolidge. But this year a new group of fundamentalists promises to have...
...began with a State of the Union speech skillfully combining a boast that "America is back?standing tall" with a plea for cooperation to "finish...
...universities can boast of the same extensive collections that Harvard has acquired. The age of the specialty field determines, to some extent, the size of each collection...