Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter trying too hard to run the country on his own? Certainly Moore's role contrasts dramatically, and disadvantageously, with that of Lawrence O'Brien, the almost legendary congressional fix-it man for John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Although also criticized for snubbing faithful party pols, O'Brien had a virtual proxy from both his bosses to bargain for votes and decide which initiatives to pursue and which to discard...
Game-high scorer was Brown's Kando with 20 points. Guard Caryn Curry led the Crimson five with 18 points, going 9-16 from the floor. Harvard's Wendy Carle, a forward, poured in 13 points, firing 6-11 from the floor. Brown's Lynn Johnson racked...
...Kimball, a two-time All-Scholastic defenseman from Beverly High School, plays fairly regularly for the Terriers. Todd Johnson, a three-time All-League center for Browne and Nichols, and Brian O'Conner, a 6-ft., 3-in., 211-lb. defenseman from Hamden, Connecticut and a member of two high school state champion teams, round outs B.U.'s hoard of scintillating youngsters...
...punt returns. Many teams carry a diminutive run-back specialist on their rosters. As fearless as they are frail-looking, they await the ball amid the growing thunder of approaching tacklers. Momentarily obscured by a wall of blockers, they duck toward the sidelines in a suicidal dash toward glory. Johnson, who is the only N.F.L. player to return both a kick and punt for touchdowns this season, views his tiny stature as an advantage: "It can be a psychological edge. I always have ten other men up there blocking for me and they like to see a small...
Even when the uniforms fit, survival is difficult. Pruitt puts on "a lot of jukes and lateral movement" so that he does not get hit head on. "It's just like two trains colliding-the smaller one is going to take the most punishment." Johnson stares upfield at "an immovable mountain" and pours on the speed to run around it. St. Louis Cardinals Wide Receiver Mel Gray (5 ft. 9 in., 175 Ibs.) dislocated a shoulder trying to take out a bigger man and has since left the blocking to others. "Trying to be a hero, I ran into...