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...over-kill capacity held by both super powers. Indeed, it is the link between the tactical weapons and the strategic weapons which makes the total nuclear arsenal so unstable and dangerous and demands that military solutions not be easily drifted into by the super powers as they flex their muscles in southwest Asia and the Middle East. Everett Mendelsohn Professor of the History of Science

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Muscle-Flexing | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

After sex the sparkle of their courtship evaporates, and Starting Over loses its appeal. Rather than give Reynolds the rein to flex his demonstrated talent for deadpan humor, Brooks script smothers him in pretentious sensitivity. Worse, the improbable plot twists like a Neil Simon rendition of The Courtship of Eddie's Father...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: One Sings, the Other Two Don't | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

...system of infinite-shift confusion, but Buchanan can be expected to stay with a relatively simple option offense more than anything else. The problem, as Restic has said since early September, is that the Crimson lineman do not have the size to "blow out" the opposition. With the Flex, where everyone is shifting, the Crimson can take advantage of motion to offset much of the size disadvantage. But from the power-I or other such conventional formations, Harvard will be moving straight ahead and may find it tough to open the holes...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Dog Day Afternoon: Hardly a Laughing Matter for Crimson | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

...Restic doesn't know how much his young team can absorb in the short preseason camp since most players have had little or no prior exposure to the flex. He's unsure how many different sets the team will be able to use. "We've got to do more things because we're small," he said. Then Restic added, "But can we do more things...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Wouldn't It Be Nice If... | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...cling to any symbol--whether to be mindlessly patriotic or trendgoing punk--is decadent. And this is where the angst either emerges, or turns the knife inward. This is where confused fools lose themselves in their symbols and overdose, and it is where artists use their symbols, change them, flex them, adapt them, to express their angst. It's facing reality: Iggy Pop is a fool, Sid Vicious is dead, Johnny Rotten is dying, and Patti Smith is fucking with the future.*CrimsonLaura J. Levine...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Street Symbolist Finds Her Ark | 5/8/1979 | See Source »

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