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...probably the greatest quarterback that has played the game," said San Francisco coach George Seifert And Seifert isn't one to brag. In fact, Seifert brags about as often as Montana throws interceptions, which isn't much...
...thing Coach Brian Mason can brag about is the return of ALL-ECAC defender Dave Williams, the only first-team selection from last year not to graduate...
...dirt, unconvinced, as Askins talks. Some of them like to draw a line between Eastern ecobabblers, who puff wolves as gallant symbols of wildness, and true Westerners, who know them as cruel and cowardly and who can be relied on to "shoot, shovel and shut up," as the brag goes in the cowboy bars. But, Brad Little, a stockman from Emmett, Idaho, concedes, "It's not so much wolves we're afraid of, it's wolf managers." Exactly. The wolves themselves, though they are sure to range beyond park boundaries, are likely to be more an annoyance than a danger...
What is chilling about many of the young criminals is that they show no remorse or conscience, at least initially. Youths brag about their exploits and shrug off victims' pain. A Chicago case in which four teenagers raped and killed a medical student was solved because of good police work and what Pat O'Brien, Cook County deputy state's attorney, describes as "the defendants' inability to keep their mouths shut" about the crime. "It was a badge," he explains. "It was something they talked about as if it gave them status within that group of guys." Youngsters offhandedly refer...
PERHAPS I've been listening to the Harvard administration for too long. They claim that the University wants to promote selflessness. They brag about the public service programs. and each year at Baccalaureate, President Bok exhorts the graduating class to do good rather than just do well. Nice words, Derek, but you're being drowned out by the Class Committee and the Alumni Association that works with...