Word: chokes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last year, with some observers proclaiming that B.C. would always choke in the big games and never get that first 'Pot since 1976 (and second since 1965), the Eagles fooled their critics. Against a powerful Harvard squad (the eventual ECAC champs) in the semifinal, unheralded freshman Bob Sweeney set up the trying goal with four minutes left in the regulation and, after his team survived a Crimson power play in overtime, stole the puck in the Harvard zone to set up Ed Rauseo for the game-winner--all to set the stage for the rout of N.U. a week later...
...economy is enjoying strong increases in production, jobs and incomes, and inflation is at an eleven-year low. Deficits are a problem to which the President cannot afford to appear indifferent, but his advisers doubt that they will weigh decisively with many voters, unless the red ink threatens to choke off the recovery or spur a new round of inflation. Says Ed Rollins, director of the Reagan-Bush '84 Committee: "I don't think they can beat us on economic issues...
...form beneath the superficial and cliched to point out a subtle statement, the message is buried in overkill. While the characters lives seem realistic, the happy ending strains the limits of credibility and the illusion quickly falls apart. The playwright's challenge is to make an audience chuckle and choke up in the same evening, but Passione is not an appropriate vehicle for anything except laughter and some pointed satire...
...hair and the sexy swagger of a Vegas lounge star. No wonder Leigh (Alexandra Paul), the prettiest girl on campus, is aswoon over Arnie. But she has tough competition in Christine. Such jealousy: when Leigh suggests that Arnie is too attached to his car, Christine forces the girl to choke, nearly to death, on some fast food. Such vindictiveness: three punk classmates of Arnie's push him around and Christine seeks them out and totals them. "Be careful what you call my car," Arnie warns his best friend (John Stock-well). "She's real sensitive...
...economic recovery. Regan won a round earlier this year when Feldstein drastically underestimated the strength of the recovery, earning himself the nickname "Dr. Gloom." More recently Regan has been battling with Feldstein over the deficit. The CEA chairman argues that excessive deficits will drive interest rates high enough to choke off the boom. Regan insists that there is no hard proof of this. Even if the deficit persists, he argues, the White House can afford to wait until 1985 to reduce...