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...that it cannot capitalize on such a strong lead-in; there is nothing for an encore. ABC also starts behind on Saturday, with the mindless Delta House, but the night is saved by Love Boat and Fantasy Island, both strong, fatuously cheerful shows. Sunday is also a downer for ABC, with the grotesque Battlestar Galactica, which is a very bad parody of Star Wars. Monday's starter, Salvage-1, usually loses out to NBC's Little House on the Prairie...
With three men sidelined, Coach Dave Fish brought up J.V. regulars Bob Blake and Tony Downer to fill the squad's lower ranks. Blake swept Mike Busby off the court in three oh-so-quick games, while Downer annihilated MIT ten man Rich Wolf...
...Downer (H) def. Wolf...
...caught in annoying limbo, made more vexing by the picture's occasional flashes of satirical intelligence (a brief descent into the chic drug culture of Beverly Hills, the hard cynicism of Zerbe and his associates). Finally, Who'll Stop the Rain is just another ambitious downer, a wasted effort to make something meaningful out of wasted lives. -Richard Schickel
David A. Aloian '49, who addressed the parents in Memorial Hall with President Bok and Tony Downer '79, chairman of the student coordinating committee, said yesterday that although the turnout was smaller than Freshman Parents Weekend, "the quality of the program and the response of the parents was really fine...