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...came to Harvard because, he explains, it offered the best academic opportunities and a football program which was "more or less what I wanted." He harbors no regrets. As captain, he says, "I concentrate on keeping up team spirit to breed a winning attitude--making sure we don't get down on ourselves, or each other." The only time this season Durst felt he had to "make a little bit more noise" was after the Princeton game, testimony to the unity this veteran squad possesses. He credits defenseive coordinator George Clemens, linebacker coach Alex Nahigian and secondary coach Leo Fanning...
...that impulse may fade, Moore believes, as the Democrats seek a newer breed, with less static and traditional views. The Senate may offer some notable new stars, including Georgia's Sam Nunn and Connecticut's Chris Dodd. Among the young Democratic Governors who are potential comers in the party is West Virginia's Jay Rockefeller...
Increasingly, they must not just exhibit, but also save and breed...
Mandavu alive and, even more important, breed rare varieties. Says William Conway, head of the New York Zoological Society: "More species are going to have to be sustained in captivity if they are going to survive...
...breed is rare. Aside from Roth, Elkin and Thomas Pynchon, it is hard to think of many other contemporaries who consistently qualify. Humorists go strictly for laughs, and more power to them. Roth and Elkin take a different direction; they pretend that they would gladly stick to brass tacks and the big issues if only the world were not so loony. The hero of Portnoy's Complaint (1969), Roth's most celebrated novel, cries out to his psychiatrist: "Doctor Spielvogel, this is my life, my only life, and I'm living it in the middle...