Word: franked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time of possession advantage in Yale's favor was typical of the scenario that led up to a defensive lapse, a product of overwork that left Bruin Frank Boucher alone in the endzone or Eli Bob Krystyniak trotting downfield with no defender...
...behind re-election battle, and witnessed an extraordinary victory speech. Reports Cate: "Wan and misty-eyed, Percy could not control the trembling of his hands as he read his statement. The tough race had humbled a normally proud man." After Philadelphians defeated a proposal that would have allowed Mayor Frank Rizzo to seek a third term, New York Correspondent Robert Parker visited the headquarters of the victors and watched "snake dances with revelers flashing signs, DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD." At Governor Jerry Brown's re-election party in Los Angeles, Correspondent Joe Kane observed while celebrants, dressed...
...Frank Champi is a private man and one who has always followed his own drummer. Ten years later, he prefers not to discuss his role in the 1968 classic or the twists and turns of his life since then. One can only guess at the former quarterback's reasons for refusing comment. But to surmise that Champi simply wants to avoid a recurrence of the media blitz that marked his one-day stardom in The '68 Game would probably not be far off the mark...
Since that day he has been less than comfortable with the celebrity role. He retired from football the next season after the team's second game. Writers and fans questioned the decision, but Frank Champi stood by it. He was, he said, "not getting much fun out of it for the work I was putting...
Time managed to overlook one USDA study conducted by economist Frank R. Baily. He comments that "we are so conditioned to equate bigness with efficiency that nearly everyone assumes that large-scale undertakings are inherently more efficient." But after a survey of farms in different regions of the country, he concluded that most economies of scale "are achieved by the one-man fully mechanized farm. While the most efficient farm size has increased in the last decade, due mainly to tractor improvements, this 1973 report found that most farmers need a much smaller acreage and capital investment than Pat Benedict...