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Certain factor of the basketball game are indeed, solvable--specifically the number of turnovers, impulsive play inside the key and the ability to from a workable defense so it is possible to gain rebounds. Working to overcome these detriments must be the immediate goad for the cagers...
Steve Tesich's love for America is an intoxicating passion. In his plays (Division Street) and screenplays (Breaking Away), this Yugoslav immigrant envisions an America that is a goad to greatness, an impossible ideal, a reconciler of a thousand contradictions, a Swiftian kick in the pants. Director Arthur Penn is fascinated with America too, but critically. He has upended myths of the Old West (The Left-Handed Gun, Little Big Man) and found desperate excitement on the fringes of 20th century Americana (Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant). As collaborators, these two artists might produce high-arcing dramatic...
...airlines, the PATCO walkout is not nearly as damaging as had been feared. Many carriers are using it as an excuse to lay off unneeded employees, sell fuel-inefficient aircraft, trim unprofitable routes, goad pilots into working more hours a month and otherwise shape up their companies. Says an official for Braniff, one of the biggest money losers among airlines: "The industry is doing house cleaning it should have done anyway...
...Spain turned toward democracy following Franco's death in 1975, the terrorists calculated that their acts would goad the military into a right-wing coup, thereby buttressing ETA'S claim that peaceful reform was impossible. The number of terrorist killings rose dramatically. And, indeed, on Feb. 23, rebellious members of the Spanish Guardia Civil took over the country's parliament and held it for 18 hours. The insurgents were backed by high-ranking army officers and had the support of shadowy right-wing financiers. The main demand of the rebels: more freedom to combat Basque terrorism...
...made him look goad." Harvard's Paul scheper said after Dartmouth's diminutive lefty, Jim Croteau, threw a onehitter at the Crimson in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader at Hanover...