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...Despos, 39, the son of a Greek immigrant tailor, is the embodiment of the American success story. He learned to cut and sew at his father's knee, and five years ago he opened his own tailoring shop on one of the busiest crosstown streets in Fort Wayne, Ind. He quickly discovered that there was a bonanza in alterations. Says he: "People had lapels on old suits altered for $35 each instead of paying thousands for a new wardrobe." The first year his shop was open, Despos did $95,000 worth of business. Today he employs his father...
This year his grapplers began their schedule in fine style as they defeated crosstown rival Boston University by a single point. In that same triangular match, they trounced Plymouth State and since then have beaten four other opponents by healthy margins...
...second half seemed to evaporate into desultory football. Neither team put together much offense; it seemed to move crosstown to the Vet, where Penn State came from behind to obliterate Temple. Buckley's 41-yd. touchdown strike to Chuck Marshall with 6:52 remaining in the game put Harvard comfortably ahead...
...Boss wants the boys to vote for Carter this year. But the boys are looking for rule #3. Pavlich knows that the days of a straight union vote are over. Crosstown in the Lorain Country Board of Elections, a woman who's watched the town for years knows, too. "At one time, the unions could deliver a block vote--but that doesn't work anymore. If the economy were up and they had a full pocket, they would vote Democratic...
...move from the Southland to the concrete terrain of Manhattan, Waits is looking to infuse some new blood into his life. No more 2 A.M. cruises down Santa Monica Blvd. with his pals. No more late breakfasts at Duke's. Tom Waits will be jostling with commuters on the crosstown bus or riding the subway late at night, exploring the dark underbelly of another kind of town...