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Companies have also withdrawn ads that might be deemed insensitive or inappropriate. RJR Nabisco dropped a print ad claiming that Chips Ahoy cookies are "richer than an OPEC nation." And NYNEX stopped airing a TV spot of a Marine Corps drill team dancing to rock-'n'-roll music...
...room in the house that citizens had previously, at the start of the Gulf War, been instructed to seal against chemical attack with foam and nylon sheeting). There we are to await further instructions from the army. "This is not," barks the Haga (Civil Defense authority) spokesperson, "a drill or an exercise." I put on my mask and place my anti-nerve gas injector and my mustard gas powder next to me on the bed. The civil defense announcements are now coming over in English, Russian, French, Spanish and Amharics (Ethiopian language). It has been less than two minutes since...
Raveling is not a Californian by any stretch of the imagination. But you don't see too many guys like him in the Ivies either. In the huddle, he's a drill sargent, bellowing a stream of juicy expletives at his troops. On the bench, he's a no-nonsense high school principle, lecturing his players, lecturing the referees, stalking the sidelines with eagle eyes riveted on the court. In the press room he's James Earl Jones, pontificating, condescending, commanding respect. Roby is tough. He can scream and curse and berate officials, too. But would he call time...
...Montana, 34, who leads the N.F.C. in passing yards. He may be the best quarterback ever to play the game. In 12 years he has led the 49ers to comeback wins in the fourth quarter an amazing 25 times. Montana is the acknowledged master of the two-minute drill to race the clock to the end zone. In the Nov. 4 game against the Green Bay Packers, with only 38 sec. remaining in the first half and his team down 10-0, Montana took the 49ers 59 yds. in 27 sec. to jump-start a 24-20 victory...
...Carrabino '85, who scored 1880 points in four-plus years (he redshirted one season) for the Crimson. To do so, James would have to average 28.5 points per game in Harvard's final 25 games, not including any NCAA playoff games, of course. Isn't there a warmup drill that looks like this?" --overheard during Harvard's 87-76 loss to Lehigh...