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...gone up next door: Indiana. He recently called the state "the most miserable in the union," and its capital, Indianapolis, "the dullest large city in the U.S." Royko polled 1,000 of his readers on whether the U.S. should go to war if Argentina were to invade the Hoosier state. According to the columnist, 999 voted no; the sole holdout was undecided. Hoosiers hit back with a booster campaign of T shirts labeled ROYKO WHO? and ROYKO DOME-a swipe at his observation that it is silly for Indianapolis to plan a domed stadium when it has no major baseball...
...World," the Indy 500. Officially the race doesn't have a name. it is the only event held at the Indianapolis Motor Speed-way each year, and the tickets say simply, "500 mile race." But to a large segment of the American auto-racing world and any proud Hoosier, it doesn't need a name. It is simply. The Race...
...marry and be able to live the Big Life for good. Antonina is shy and not terribly ambitious. A country house, a car, a nice hubby and fresh vegetables are all she really wants; and not surprisingly, she gets these fairly easily and becomes something of a Soviet Hoosier, quickly peripheral to the film. Liudmilla is going for all the marbles--a half-cocked Lucille Ball-type with fantasies as outrageous as they are unlikely. Naturally, too, hers don't work out. She snags, through an elaborate and rather funny charade, a beefy hockey player, and he, naturally turns into...
...lead seesawed back and forth until Hoosier guard Randy Wittman (16 points) hit for two at the buzzer to give Indiana a 27-26 halftime lead...
Coming back for the second half the Hoosiers, sparked by the brilliant performance of 6 ft. 1 in. All-American guard Isiah Thomas, went into their act. In the semi-final against a strong Louisiana State team the Hoosier had popped in 14 straight second half points before the Tigers got on the scoreboard. They nearly repeated that show last night outscoring Carolina 12-4 in the first ten minutes...