Word: fannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...symbol of the fan's victory, the top of the net sagged in the middle the next time it was raised for an extra point kick...
...explains the absence of miracles. He also coolly outlines and assesses what he regards as Kennedy's limited achievements: the elan with which he infected all echelons, the crackdown on organized crime, his ever-expanding view of his department's mission. Obviously, Navasky is no blind Kennedy fan. His arguments are credible, his reportage exhaustive, his approach as dispassionate as writing about the Kennedys customarily allows. His book also considers the latter-day liberal's ambiguous feelings about the use of power. Once things seemed simple: you elected good guys like F.D.R. and H.S.T., shouted "All power...
This is certainly true, but there's another factor. Harvard doesn't have runners this year like Keith Colburn and Tom Spengler, but it is a solid team. What's happened, as a long time cross country fan told this reporter last week, is that the level of the Ivy League has risen considerably. In particular, Penn has done a lot of recruiting, and it shows. Their performance throughout the year and their effortless win in the Heps in particular, are monuments to the efforts of controversial Penn coach Jim Tuppeny in this area...
...fans lose? I doubt if the crowd would enjoy watching Harvard's third string play the Princeton varsity just for the sake of competition. It's quality of play that the fan wants...
...Turns out, for the first time in five years, it is Oklahoma that does the whupping. By day's end Texas has lost its first-and second-string quarterbacks, a linebacker, a tight end, the game (by a score of 48-27) and considerable face. One disconsolate Longhorn fan moans: "Them Oklahoma boys was meaner'n seven hunnerd elves...