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...weather and tough downs. First drafted by the Bills in 1983, Kelly signed with the U.S.F.L.'s Houston Gamblers. He has become an effective field general who oversees the hard-charging attacks of running backs Thurman Thomas and Robb Riddick. The style is just what Levy, a quiet, scholarly helmsman who holds an M.A. in history from Harvard, wants for the Bills. "We're not going to try dazzling people by filling the air with footballs," he says. "Statistics show that if you run successfully, you win 85% of the time...
...fang (opening up). The Soviets refer to perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness). What the new slogans herald is the most far-ranging shift in course since Dictator Joseph Stalin drove the Soviet Union onto the path of forced collectivization and heavy industrialization in the 1930s and Beijing's Great Helmsman, Mao Zedong, launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966. Indeed, questions about the limits of the new reforms will be on the minds of the Kremlin's leaders as they mark the 70th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution this week, just as the issue was discussed by those gathered in Beijing...
...Michigan University Board of Regents have appointed former University President Robben Fleming to serve as interim president if their quest for a new helmsman is not completed by the first of January, The Michigan Daily reported last week...
Still, his art was not lost on the relatively inexperienced sailors of Kookaburra III. "They thrashed us with a better boat," said Rick Goodrich, a Queensland cowboy grinding his first winch. And with more than just the boat. Starting Helmsman Peter Gilmour, who jockeyed for Murray in the pre-race maneuvers, imagined on the last day that he had succeeded in cajoling Conner over the line prematurely. "Then I remembered something," he said. "It's Dennis...
...From what we saw of his clash with the Kiwis," said Iain Murray, 28, the Kookaburra helmsman, "Conner had no great speed advantage. He won because he was always in the right spot." Another well-fed skipper -- "Lard" to his mates -- Murray cuts a Dennis figure in several ways. As New York had shunned Conner, Murray was passed over by Perth Millionaire Alan Bond, the Cup's Australian guardian. Sailing for Business Rival Kevin Parry, Murray whacked Bond's Australia IV 5-0. "He even looks a little like me," says Conner. "He lost at the America's Cup last...