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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like two wary prizefighters, each convinced that he will win by a decision if only he can avoid being kayoed, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter last week feinted and jabbed, bobbed and weaved. If either had a knockout punch, he kept it under wraps. That was true throughout the week, but most emphatically during the third and final presidential debate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: AVOIDING A KNOCKOUT IN THE CLOSING ROUNDS | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...American candidate puts the stats and this year's "decoy" status in the right perspective. "It's really not the numbers, you can't think about them. Last year, for instance, I just kept thinking it was bound to end. I could catch 14 one Saturday and none the next. Realistically, I didn't give the slightest thought to catching 56 passes again. I could catch 60 and it wouldn't matter if we didn...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Bob Farnham: Bad News Bruin | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

...library or common room in each House will be kept warmer, and will be open to people who wish to study during the week between Christmas and New Year, when most University facilities will be closed...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: College to Cool Houses Over Vacation, Will Let Students Stay in Own Rooms | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

...forces in Indochina. He secretly aided factions in the Angolan civil war and, had Congress not prevented it with legislation, would have escalated American involvement. These are strange actions for a man who repeatedly extols the virtues of peace for its own sake, and takes credit for having kept America out of armed conflict...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pathetic Lie of Jerry Ford | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

...lack of aggressive play showed on defense too, where the Crimson was guilty of a number of letdowns that at times allowed Brown to pepper Radcliffe net-minder Ellen Seidler with shots. Only her fine play kept this game from ending as the team's second loss after six straight wins...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Stickwomen Battle to 0-0 Tie Crimson Fails to Show Brown Old Fire | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

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