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...will be best remembered for its generous use of color photographs. The Guardian offered the kindest epitaph: "Now!-was a brave deed in a cowardly world...
Actually, the Curry squad took care of it. Crimson batters collected only ten hits, but Curry pitchers issued 14 walks to aid Harvard's cause. The Curry receiver was even more generous, allowing nine stolen bases and six passed balls...
...last bride Bronfman sought was not only unwilling but downright antagonistic. In March Seagram offered $2 billion for St. Joe Minerals Corp., the nation's largest lead producer. At $45 a share, almost three times St. Joe's book value, the bid seemed generous. But John Duncan, St. Joe's crusty chairman, announced that he would rather liquidate the company than sell it to Bronfman. Duncan would not even return Bronfman's phone calls. The Fluor Corp., a giant (1980 sales: $4.8 billion) construction firm, then topped Seagram's bid by $15 a share. Rather...
...March 26 the pardons were signed, but the following week's assassination attempt delayed the announcement. Remarked a joyful Miller: "I certainly owe the Gipper one." Reagan, citing Jimmy Carter's pardon of "thousands" of Viet Nam-era draft evaders, explained: "We can be no less generous to two men who acted on high principle to bring an end to the terrorism that was threatening our nation." But in granting the pardon, Reagan went so far as to dispute the jury's findings. "The record demonstrates," he said, "that they acted not with criminal intent...
...boulevardier, I must agree with many of the sentiments expressed in the Guide. Par exemple, New York itself: "It is beautiful and hideous, tender and violent, generous and greedy, fascinating and horrifying. New York is the image of the whole continent. Contradictory, profound, lyrical. . . it is the most electric city in the world." The authors add that your visit will be "more than a simple tourist trip, it will be a decisive stage in your maturing...