Word: careering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dave Shula, son of Dolphin coach Don tied a school record for most career receptions (83) on the next series, and the Big Green march goalward. A flimsy Harvard secondary and porous Crimson frontline could not stop the drive, which ended with a 24-yd. field goal by Sawch, the margin of victory with 11:16 gone in the fourth quarter--a 7:12 drive that went 63 yards on 15 plays...
...practicing science are two irreconcilable aims. So Broca's Brain is an entirely representative work--on the one hand we're treated to Sagan's youthful enthusiasm, imagination, and charm; on the other we must contend with the superficiality and disjointedness which, many claim, have marred his entire career...
...disgraced at all." His world view crystallized long ago into patterns of Cold War confrontation. But one cannot gauge Helms the individual from The Man Who Kept the Secrets. Touching only briefly on Helms' personal life, Powers attempts to tell the secret history of the CIA by using his career as a reference point; since Powers portrays Helms only in his Langley office persona, he appears for the most part as just a particularly durable background actor in a play where the cast changes with every act. Aside from a stubborn devotion to career and crustified politics. Helms' colorlessness...
...speech was one of the most important of his career, and he showed the strain. He looked pale, drawn and more nervous than usual, and with good reason. He knew he had to put the best possible face on what amounted to retreat. Because the Soviets had refused to back down, Carter was forced to rely on Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev's private assurances that the troops would be used only for training purposes...
...oldest of seven Clasby children, Mike, graduated Harvard last year after a fine career with the varsity hockey team. Bobby, the third son and an All-American tackle in high school, gave up an early acceptance to Harvard for an admission to Notre Dame. Dick Sr. says his 6-ft. 5-in., 250-lb. son "always wanted to go to Notre Dame. Now he's there playing very well. He's made the traveling squad as a freshman...