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Conspiracy is perhaps too strong a word to use. But $15 million is a pittance when weighed against the publicity and public sympathy NBC has gained from its decision to forfeit coverage of the Games. Besides, America loves a horse race. So do journalists. And the only Olympic brand of horse racing is equestrian. You can't bet on equestrian...
...state-owned company are afraid that Prim Minister Margaret Thatcher, all too mindful of past government-sponsored white elephants like the Concorde, which has cost Britain and France $9 billion, will not provide money to continue testing. Engineers claim that without further government subsidies, the company may forfeit its lead in developing the first gas-stingy wonder car to Volkswagen or Renault, which are working on similar projects...
With star freshmen Tiina Bougas winning by a forfeit, the heavy burden for the Crimson fell upon the shoulders of junior Martha Roberts, who lived up to her label as "the most powerful woman on the team," beating the Terriers number two player, Diane Connell...
Although the six singles victories clinched the match for the netwomen, they performed almost as well in the doubles competition. After an initial forfeit victory in first doubles. Meyer and Vitale were victorious 6-4, 6-2, while the final match produced Harvard's only defeat of the afternoon as Meiselman and Mertz bowed in a tiebreaker...
...federal district court judge in Virginia, Oren Lewis, granted an injunction barring Snepp from writing anything else about the CIA without clearance; Lewis also ordered Snepp to forfeit his "illgotten gains" from Decent Interval. Last year an appeals court was only slightly more sympathetic to Snepp's pleas. It upheld the injunction and gave its blessing to some form of financial penalty-but not to confiscation of Snepp's earnings. Still not satisfied, Snepp decided to appeal to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the prior-clearance requirement impinged on his First Amendment right of free speech...