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...USED TO BE SAID of Lyndon Johnson that whenever he felt the urge to sacrifice a little political capital for the sake of principle, he would lie down until it passed. A generation of Texas Democratic leaders learned that policy at the knee of House Speaker Sam Rayburn, a Texan whose favorite motto was "to get along, go along." That attitude helped make Rayburn the longest-tenured Speaker the House has ever had--he held the job for a total of 17 years--and probably the most influential politician in Texas history. Fourteen years after his death, Texas politics...
...still No. 1 with the jeté set, but at 37, Ballet Star Rudolf Nureyev may be feeling a bit creaky of knee. Friends report that he has considered an acting career, and the aging dancer has been showing up at a London studio to cut his first record. Nureyev, who defected from the Soviet Union in 1961, read the title role of Stravinsky's L 'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) in lightly accented English. He then described his trepidation at leaving his silent art even temporarily. "I usually don't have the courage...
Bruised ribs, a sprained ankle, and a locked knee forced him to miss practice all week, and as a result, "there's a good possibility he won't play," according to Gamble. "Ours is not an overly complicated attack," he added, "and we could replace Wixted, but all year we've preferred to give him the ball because we believe he's the best in the league...
THWACK! THUD! "I just hurt my fucking knee...
Cornell once again has ex-superman Don Fanelli in the backfield, ex-simply because he is not as great as he was before smashing his knee in the Harvard game last year. Fanelli is now just a very good halfback...