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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there seem to be as many Martys fighting-folks at loose ends just looking for something to do. Randy McDoniels, 32, an unemployed construction worker, and Steve Slaymaker, 31, a heavy-equipment operator, are fighting, according to Randy, "just for the good times." Others stepping onto the scale express similar reasons: "Hell, my friends are doing it," or "We're out for some laughs...
...athletic posture all bespoke self-confidence and authority. "Blessed be Jesus Christ," he began in his firm, resonant baritone voice. It was a traditional Italian priestly salutation, rarely heard in recent years. "May he always be blessed," the crowd replied. "Even if I am not sure that I can express myself well in your ?our?Italian language [applause], you will correct me if I make a mistake." In fact, his slightly accented Italian was so polished that this remark was more a gesture than an apology. The new Pope twice paid homage to the Virgin Mary (a figure...
...offensive ringmaster for the Tigers has been "The Penn Yan Express," sophmore tailback Cris Crissy (Penn Yan, N.Y.). Crissy danced past Colgate last week for 136 years on 29 rushes, 41 yards on two pass catches, and one 49-yd. kickoff return...
Opponents of the restructuring plan, like Jim Litvak, executive director of the Ivy Group Council, express a cautious satisfaction in the restructuring plan's limited effects thus far. In contrast, proponents of the plan, like Ed Krause, athletic director at Notre Dame, are openly disappointed that the NCAA membership has not been able to break apart Division I football more drastically, providing what he says would be "a very realistic approach" to national legislation of collegiate football...
...under the pretext of offering Harvard students a chance to express their opinions about their own campus, but actually jockeying desperately to minimize the impact and publicity of the demonstration, the administration granted students a five-minute speech after the ceremonies. After the speech Dean Allison said that Mark Smith '72-4 had only been allowed to speak because Sen. Kennedy invited him to, not because the University believed it was the right thing to do. Like good anti-trust attorneys, the administration is forever wary of establishing dangerous precedents...