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...second-half comeback by Hart is far from inconceivable. But it will be difficult. Mondale is past the halfway point on his drive toward the 1,967 delegates needed to win the nomination at San Francisco in July. To catch up to Mondale from his present 571 delegates by the end of the primary season, Hart will have to win roughly two out of every three delegates to be chosen in the remaining primaries and caucuses. Realistically, his better hope is simply to keep Mondale from reaching the magic number, which would happen if the former Vice President fails...
Once Harvard settled into a comfortable racing pace of 36 strokes per minute at the halfway point--down from a frantic 38 during the first 800 meters--it proved unstoppable...
...junior varsity race. Harvard had to compensate an opponent more than just slipping. At the halfway mark of the 2000-meter course the Washington eight, up by two seats, found its way into Harvard's lane forcing the Crimson shell off the course momentarily...
...YORK Halfway between Third and Lexington Avenues on 101st Street, just on the border between the posh Upper East side of Manhattan and the Southernmost part of Spanish Harlem a group of about a hundred people are waiting for the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson...
...Tony La Russa's idea is to excuse regular Third Baseman Vance Law from facing the ace righthanders and hope the lefthanded bat of former Gold Glove First Baseman Mike Squires is not offset by a nightmare of swinging bunts. "There is a no man's land halfway between the mound and third," Squires admits, "but how many people can bunt the ball consistently? Our pitchers will have to help...