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...implicit claim that it can win races merely by tossing enough dollar bills around. "Jesse Helms has very little to show for his $9 million," raised for the elections, notes one Washington Democrat. Indeed, in state races everywhere, the New Right threw away its money in futile attempts to knock off legislators like Maryland's Paul Sarbanes, Massachusetts Ted Kennedy, and Michigan's Donald Riegle...
Aaron Pryor severed Alexis Arguello's hopes of becoming the first man to hold world titles in four weight divisions last night by unleashing a savage barrage of head punches in the 14th round to knock out the 30-year-old Nicaraguan in their junior welterweight prizefight...
...Administration could come up with a more suitable basing mode. The Pentagon is expected to recommend "Dense Pack," a controversial plan to deploy the missiles in superhardened new silos very close together. The aim is to protect the missiles through "fratricide": an attacking enemy missile would be able to knock out some U.S. missiles, but then the force of its blast would disable the other incoming ICBMs. Dense Pack, known to its detractors as "Dunce Pack," is expected to meet with lots of resistance on Capitol Hill, where many lawmakers think it is an extravagant plan of dubious merit...
After excluding all but the 183 serious from the course, they held a lottery to knock out 90 more. And for those unlucky serious who might lose their chance to take the course, Thomas J.C. Raymond, professor of Business, Administration, will offer the course again this spring...
...offshore islands of network television. The new season has just been launched, and the vice presidents of programming are watching the skies. The winds can blow balmy in these weeks or the weather can turn cruel. The season is young enough for any new show even a thrice-cloned knock-off from an already enervated formula, to have a shot at success. At the same time, the season is far enough along-and computers, demographics and ratings systems so sophisticated-that storm clouds filled with cancellations are already gathering on the horizon...