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With two hours of pregame activity, roughly 3 1/2 hours of football and a 30- minute postgame wrapup, Super Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26, promises to be another marathon day of TV viewing. But NBC has come up with a new gimmick to ease the strain. Halfway through the pregame show, at around 4 p.m. E.S.T., the network's analysts will lapse into unaccustomed silence for one minute. As a clock onscreen ticks off the seconds, viewers will be able to race to the refrigerator or bathroom without missing any of the action -- or the commercials...
...great displeasure, I found my sentiments echoed loudly by a two-year old in the seat behind me, who let loose a bloodcurdling screech with every undulation of the plane. Eventually, the head steward clawed his way to the intercom and coughed to get our attention. I halfway expected him to begin showing us how to flap our arms, but instead he shakily welcomed us to Newark...
...comeback goals and the schools were knotted halfway through, the final period...
Both sides' preparations for the summit meeting seem to be focused more on making political mileage than on meeting the other guy halfway. The recent disclosure of a letter from Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38 to President Reagan opposing arms control agreements at the summit should have come as no surprise; the Reagan administration has never been firmly behind arms control. Like the Soviets, this White House has myopically viewed the summit as a prime propaganda opportunity. Don't expect statesmanlike achievements from such cynics...
...Halfway through the first period, referee John Galipeau took control of the game. His officiating led to eight penalties, four on each side, and a penalty shot in the first stanza...