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Gandhi's crisp answer: "No." There was a long pause, and then she added, "On the contrary, I felt rather deprived of everything." After another pause, Gandhi began talking about when she was three and all her English dolls and dresses had to be destroyed because Indian nationalists were boycotting foreign goods. "My first memory was of burning foreign cloth and imported articles in the courtyard of the house. The whole family...
Indeed, the UMass offense was constantly in motion, while Harvard could not build any sustained offensive drives, failing to make the crisp, precision passes that worked so well for the Minutemen...
...that state's nonpartisan primary in September, so many Republicans crossed over to vote for Democrat Booth Gardner, 48, the little-known chief executive of Pierce County, that the bland, cautious Spellman wound up with a mere 27% of the total vote. The latest polls show Gardner, a crisp administrator with a Harvard M.B.A., running 17% ahead of Spellman. The Governor has taken to shrill attacks on his opponent, charging Gardner with being a "shill of labor" who left his county "a shambles...
...editor of the Sunday Times of London for 14 years, Harold Evans was known for his emphasis on crusading reporting and crisp graphics. In 1981 he brought his lively talents to the paper's staid daily sister, the Times, which he edited for a year before being ousted in a dispute with Rupert Murdoch. Now Evans' English eye will be tested at a very American publication: Mortimer Zuckerman, who last month paid $176.3 million for U.S. News and World Report (circ. 2,050,000), has announced that he is giving Evans, 56, the nebulous job of "editorial director...
...Huskies' crisp passing and excellent speed made them Harvard's most formidible opponent to date, and kept the Cantabs from controlling play as they had over the past two weeks...