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...Columbia scribe in the press box explained: "Cory kicks straight on and Lovric kicks soccer style. So they bring in Lovric for the long ones because he has the distance, while Cory has short-range accuracy." Laughter had to be suppressed, as Cory's 18-yd. fiasco--a mere chip shot--was remembered...
Reagan knew the confrontation was coming and so did his men, right to the flyers in the F-14s. It was not to be "a direct provocation," explained one of the architects for the maneuvers. But the U.S. "had placed a chip on its shoulder, and the Libyans could try to knock it off if they wished." Behind this bravado was the simple but passionate belief by Reagan that, at home and abroad, when the structures of civilization are threatened the President must respond quickly and decisively. Freedom of the seas was the principle at stake off Libya...
...wily spoof of academe, he offered a forlorn description of the job: "I lug a large plywood board from gate to gate around the stadium. The board is wide and tippy with an easel-type stand; the wind blows it down; tiny gold footballs are scratched, buttons chip, pennants wrinkle and smudge. I get a commission: 10% of what I sell." In the fall of 1967 the family moved to Putney, where the young father took a post teaching English at Windham College, which is now defunct...
...million to $40 million, but that figure could grow. The broadcasts will be beamed off a new satellite, Western Union's Westar IV, scheduled for launching in January. Since few local cable operators have equipment capable of receiving signals from Westar, Satellite NewsChannels may have to chip in for the necessary hardware. Installing a satellite dish, for example, costs upwards of $10,000. A more serious problem: ABC affiliates may grumble-or even defect to CBS or NBC-if the network's top journalists begin turning up on competing cable outlets...
Moreover, the firm that once proudly manufactured nearly everything it sold has been forced to go to outside suppliers. In 1979 IBM began buying microchips from Japan to supplement its own chip production. Last February the company signed an agreement with Japan's Minolta to market one of that company's small copiers under the IBM label. The Minolta model sells for less than $3,500, while IBM's smallest copier costs at least...