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Late in the game, Harvard finally found the right formula. Playing with a mix-mash lineup of two formerly unknown freshman, Monti, sophomore starter Kate Ides, and a backup center, the Crimson went on a 14-1 run, pulling to 67-65 with under two minutes left...
...shows were a '50s foreshadow of Monty Python. Just as they took to their record producer, George Martin, because he had produced comedy records with Sellers and the Goons, so they felt a kinship with Shenson. At this point, Shenson could have easily opted for a standard pop film formula. A sitcom writer could devise a fluffy story involving the boys, leaving space for a few jaunty numbers. And a competent TV director could shape it up into a palatable confection. The studio and fans would have been content...
...That formula is not the model for what the U.S. Supreme Court will probably do about Florida. They will probably look at this in the narrowest way possible, despite the broad implications of what they do. But that might be the way for a broader solution...
Other freshmen added into Harvard's winning formula...
...history. But like his father before him, he couldn't hold on to his home state, and that could cost him the race. The most fervent environmentalist in national politics was foiled by the Green Party; the guy who as a young Congressman made his name investigating tainted baby formula and influence peddling by the contact-lens industry lost because of a few thousand votes for a mischievous consumer advocate. Gore is the one who campaigned as though every vote counted--and he was right...