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The Redskins are the property of Canadian-born Jack Kent Cooke, who expects everything he owns to shine like the top of his Chrysler Building. Cooke's team, coached by a bright man named Joe Gibbs, was constructed by boyish Talent Scout Bobby Beathard out of what some say...
If it is remarkable how well the Redskins recovered from last year's success, it is amazing how well Murphy weathered the strike. In the N.F.L., shop stewards tend to lose a step in the offseason, and Murphy was in the forefront of the negotiations. "Before the strike," he...
An assistant in San Diego three years ago, when Beathard recommended him to Cooke, Gibbs lost his first five Redskins games without panicking, then began winning at a Lombardian rate. He stresses fundamentals but is willing to lateral on punts. Under Gibbs, Theismann has changed from a slapdash quarterback to...
In the automobile-dominated West, seven major transit systems are planned or proposed. Among the most ambitious cities: Los Angeles, which plans to break ground before the Summer Olympics for an 18-mile, $3.3 billion subway that will follow the densely built, heavily trafficked Wilshire Boulevard corridor, cut through Hollywood...
Not everyone agreed with Luce's estimate. Charles Eliot, president of Harvard, called the idea of condensing news "disgusting and disgraceful." But Franklin D. Roosevelt praised the new creation, and so did Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. At any rate, TIME caught on, and it became part of the American...