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Besides the intangibles, Harvard will have to contend with a well-oiled UMass attack which, as in previous seasons, makes use of a short-passing, ball-control attack. Scalise points to mid-fielder Madeline Mangini--the Minutemen's "best all-around player"--as the focal point of that attack; Mangini was instrumental in both of the Harvard defeats last year...
...hired, the gates close be hind him, he panics and quits on the spot," says Officer Byers. The younger guards, on the other hand, contend that each shift captain makes up his own rules for running the cell blocks. Prisoners seem baffled by the inconsistency. One convict was thrown into solitary for wearing a knit cap and tennis shoes; others have been handcuffed to their beds for little apparent reason. Says John Palladini, a discharged New Mexico convict who has served time in four federal prisons: "New Mexico is worse than any place, since the harassment is irrational. There...
...crowds last night had to contend with poor amplification and worse acoustics, and Beethoven's music took on some interesting competitors (sirens and yells of "sit down!"). But in the end, the performers were victorious as the symphony came to a rousing conclusion, replete with shouts of "happy birthday!" and fireworks...
...plane is scheduled to start rolling off Rockwell International assembly lines by 1986, and is designed to replace the aging B-52s until the "Stealth" bomber can be completed, which Weinberger says will be by 1989. But critics contend that the price tag is too high for a plane that will be obsolete by the late 1980s, when the Soviets may well have improved their air defense systems to foil the B-1s. Said Democratic Senator Gary Hart of Colorado: "We cannot afford both bombers, and the Stealth is the more formidable...
...Senate, meanwhile, three influential Republicans are tinkering with Reagan's revised schedule of budget cuts and "revenue enhancements." The trio, Mark Hatfield of Oregon, Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Robert Dole of Kansas, do not contend that Reagan's proposal is not needed, but only that he made the wrong choices. Said Domenici...