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...Inauguration Day 1981, he would be almost 70, older than any man had been when beginning his presidency. Reagan countered with a joke: "Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations, and you choose the one that will get you home at 9 o'clock." Campaign manager John Sears, the Washington lawyer and strategist who had helped Reagan nearly unseat Ford in 1976, believed Reagan should remain aloofly "presidential." The principal result was that he lost the first big contest, the Iowa caucuses, to hard-driving George Bush. With the whole campaign at stake in the upcoming...
...unable to run out the clock, Schires threw a third-down interception, setting up the game-winning score and all but eliminating Harvard from title contention before Penn linebacker Steve Lhotak planted senior tight end Matt Fratto at the six-yard line as time expired the next weekend, preserving the Quakers’ 32-24 win—and Harvard’s third-straight loss...
...eats warmed-over pizza and watches the 11 o’clock news with his dad. “BIRCH RUN 40, GARBER 37” flashes on the screen. The kid frowns. “I’ll be back later,” he mumbles...
During the ceremony, the class marshals also presented a clock with the inscription, “Thank you for always having time for students,” to Dean Elena Kagan for efforts in improving student life at the law school. Anjan Choudhury said there was a “palpable feeling that things are changing, and changing for the better” at the school under her tenure...
Harvard remained calm on the ensuing possession, intent to play keep away until the shot clock had been sufficiently consumed. With about 10 seconds left—and 35 ticks remaining in the game—junior captain Jason Norman took his defender to the hoop. His layup bounced off the backboard and rolled off the front iron, giving Yale one final chance...