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...according to a Harris survey of Democratic voters this month), has an all-American aura that seems almost undiminished since that day 21 years ago when his Friendship 7 capsule re-entered the atmosphere. He has been neither appealing directly to individual voter blocs nor organizing grass-roots volunteers. His aides feel that his celebrity makes it possible for him to win the primary obstacle run by appealing to a broad cross section of voters. "The interesting question is whether it's possible to have a charismatic moderate," says his press secretary, Greg Schneiders, a former Carter aide. Interesting...
Rodney Pearson a Business School student and a tutor at Winthrop House, won the Mardi Grass Marathon on Sunday in New Orleans with a time...
...wind that has howled through tennis even in Borg's short time. The Open moved from romantic Forest Hills to gray Flushing Meadow; tennis went from the country club to the public park. An illustration of the flux: Connors has won the U.S. title on three different surfaces - grass, clay and cement. Borg and the Open championship would have distinguished each other, but the oversight seems small. He belongs with Tilden, Budge and Laver...
...should be added that Borg always hopped up from the grass quickly, because he will be missed for his grace here too. Posturing in sport to day has become almost a sport itself. Like a man beholding his first sunset, baseball's Reggie Jackson stands and admires every home run. After sacking the quarterback, football's Mark Gastineau removes himself to a clearing and makes muscles. Borg, who had "the right kind of courage," as Bergelin once said, never pointed to himself. He never even seemed to care if anyone read the advertisements. - By Tom Callahan
...rapid "drawing" of a power grinder, respond better to sunlight or starshine than to the static lighting of a museum. The high color and splashy textures with which he sometimes painted the steel were certainly meant to be seen against the colors of tree, snow or autumn grass...