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...team suffered the embarrassment of an inaugural five-game losing spin, Kleinfelder, Curry and company realized that a team with strength inside, startling backcourt speed and a duo of senior veteran captains could falter when they changed from practice duds into shiny crimson and white...
...institution of an emergency energy policy. The advantages of being the incumbent could quickly become disadvantages. Kennedy's recent Lazarus speech presented a clear economic policy. It will be heavily debated, but at least his price and wage control suggestion is on the table. If the economy continues to falter, the heat will be on Carter to construct a coherent policy...
When they returned after the first intermission, they had left their scoring touch behind. Despite numerous opportunities, the Crimson offense could not capitalize and when B.C.'s Bill O'Dwyer and Lee Blossom notched quick goals, it began to falter...
Only a major victory by the Crimson's dependable heavyweight Jim Phills saved the team from a loss. Phills' opponent, B.U.'s Walter Vaughn, looked too tired to put up a fight. The freshman waited patiently for Vaughn to falter and then fed him a steady diet of tie-up noves, waltzing away with an 18-6 win. "Jim fought a tough bout," co-captain Doug Mason said. "He used brains and pulled us out of the fire...
Credit for the show's success must go not only to the actors, but to director Reiffel, who also designed the music, lighting, and sparse but functional set. Only in the first scene of "Garden" when Norman enters carrying his pajamas, does Reiffel's staging falter. As Norman slinks about and Tom stalks a lost cat, the pacing is off, and the scene drags...