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...contest, Super Bowl XXII ended by half time. As a lesson, it should last forever. The TV ratings in the late stages were the paltriest in years, but it is pleasing to imagine that this may have only partly been a product of the lopsided score, that a multitude of black children may have already raced outside to raise their arms to the sky. And not just blacks. And not just children...
Climaxing a regular season in which he started and won no games -- none in two seasons, for that matter -- Washington Quarterback Doug Williams passed for a Super Bowl record of 340 yds. and four touchdowns, as the Redskins massacred the favored Denver Broncos and their lionized leader John Elway, 42-10. By his swagger, the Broncos' young quarterback is known as "the Duke" (though John Wayne never portrayed General Custer). Blond, blue-eyed, Stanford-educated Elway could -- in that lemon-squash phrase -- do it all. He could hurt you in a lot of ways. He even used his multiple gifts...
Connally has already found other work as well. Houston's University Savings, the state's fourth largest thrift, has cast the former Treasury Secretary in commercials promoting financial prudence. In the ads, scheduled to debut on Texas TV stations during the Super Bowl, Connally says that though he and his wife Nellie "worked hard all of our lives . . . things haven't quite worked out like we'd planned. But that's all right," he drawls, "because there's no better place than Texas to start over and save a little...
...tracking poll, each new television commercial. Campaign chiefs monitor news reports like CIA analysts poring over satellite photos, searching for images that will give meaning to the muddled mosaic. By late this week an estimated 3,000 journalists will be in the state raising the fever pitch to Super Bowl levels...
When we reached the counter to pay for my souvenir, the salesman told us in a low voice that he hoped the Vikings wouldn't make it to the Super Bowl. "I'm still recovering from the Twins winning the World Series," he whispered...