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There are other obvious similarities between Stallone and the Harvard Establishment. It will be recalled how the Harvard Establishment gladly sent off Blacks, Hispanics, and working class white kids to die in Vietnam, while their pampered children enjoyed the luxury of a "safe" upper class education back at home. Meanwhile, where was Rambo while America was losing the war in Vietnam? Stallone, according to Jack Newfield, "ducked the draft during the Vietnam War (although he looks physically fit to me)." It seems Stallone went to an elite private school in Switzerland, then from 1967 to 1969 studied acting...
Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos will probably defeat his challenger Corazon Aquino in the upcoming presidential elections, but it is likely that he will die in office, leaving the country in chaos, Harvard experts predicted yesterday...
...fans remain. The unique sociological phenomenon that grips New England each sports season is a perverse yet sacred masochism. We live and die with our teams. We suffer, sacrifice, and rejoice--and inevitably, suffer again...
...cancelling the State of the Union address made good political sense as well; it was not the time to be upbeat. But why wasn't it? People die every day in this country--at work, at home, in the streets. Reagan didn't go on TV to mourn the loss of a worker killed last month at a plant that processes uranium for nuclear weapons. He died for his country, unexpectedly, without media fanfare, with no final streak into the heavens. Or what about the street people who are dying in the cold snap that is sweeping the nation...
Dershowitz--a die-hard Celtics fan who had never missed a Celtics playoff game--was in the midst of defending Danish socialite Claus Von Bulow against murder charges while last year's Celtics-Sixers semi-final playoff series was being played. The jury was out and was expected to return at any moment when the players took the floor for the sixth and final game...