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...Gift of Gaffe. Nothing frightens the candidates like a debate flub comparable to Jerry Ford's claim that Eastern Europe was not under Moscow's thumb. But it is dangerous to exaggerate the significance of these small slips, especially since both Bush and Dukakis are stronger on factual knowledge than they are on vision. Ignore all the post-debate babble of commentators who like to pounce on gaffes. Turn the tables by giving 2 points to any candidate who catches his own error and offers a graceful correction...
...hurler Rich Deraney (1-2) manhandled the Crimson for two innings before being pulled for reliever Jamie Doughty. Doughty walked Konjoyan on four pitches to open the third, but escaped the inning unscathed. In the fourth, a shaky Doughty walked five batters, issued a blatant balk, and saw Caeran flub an easy double play. Still, the Crimson could only score...
...year in and year out, six days a week, five hours a day at some fairly shabby rinks in the San Francisco area. "The part I love is the day-to-day improvement," he says, "not the competition." Maybe that explains his reputation for perfectionism. Only rarely does he flub a figure or miss one of his eight triple jumps. Such determination helped him win the world championship in 1986. A year later though, that same grim correctness contributed to the loss of his title to Orser. Not demonstrative enough, needs more panache, tut-tutted pundits...
Reagan's contentious remark was a flub, pure and simple. It was based on intelligence reports from U.S. operatives in the Philippines, who stressed that fraud by Marcos forces was overwhelmingly more pervasive than any by the Aquino opposition. Reagan first made the accusation during a practice question-andanswer session with his staff before the Tuesday-night news conference. The President was corrected. But, says a Reagan aide, "he had it in his mental computer, and it couldn't be erased...
...here, but the ones who came are pretty rowdy." Kitty added, "We saw the American flags go up, the people cheering, and I thought, 'Here we go.' It was a big boost." No American has ever won better than a bronze medal, but thanks partly to a flub by the top East German pair, the Carrutherses were tied for second before the free skating...