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...first half ended with UConn still holding its 1-0 lead, but to start half number two, the Crimson came out hopping. And it paid off, as Laurie Gregg took a Laura Mayer cross and squirted it past Husky goalkeeper Mary Lou Breen at 3:13, to tie the score...
Reagan, on the other hand, was masterful. At one point, when he was arguing that the other four candidates should participate, Telegraph Editor Jon Breen ordered the power in his microphone shut off. Reagan shouted, with impressive, raw anger, "I'm paying for this microphone, Mr. Green [sic]!" Said an admiring aide to Howard Baker: "There were cells in Reagan's body that hadn't seen blood for years. He was terrific!" Reagan's own judgment: "Maybe the people like to see a candidate sometimes not under control...
...events. As he approached the dais, he was invited to join the others in the anteroom. He declined, pleading the press of time and thinking he might be walking into a trap. When Reagan finally appeared with the other four and argued for a six-man forum, Moderator Jon Breen, editor of the Telegraph, insisted that the format would not be changed...
Then the now famous scene: Reagan grabbing the mike, Breen ordering the power cut off, and Reagan shouting back, "I am paying for this microphone!" Pandemonium. "You Hitler!" someone yelled. "Didn't you ever hear of freedom of the press?" Throughout the uproar, Bush looked confused. "I was invited here by the editors of the Nashua newspaper," he said. "I am their guest. I will play by the rules, and I'm glad to be here." This was generally taken as support for a two-man debate...
...Breen said, "There is a colossal task of rebuilding the economy from the roots up--there isn't an aspect of Uganda which hasn't suffered from Amin's rule...