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...Soviets' arithmetic is utterly phony. It ignores large numbers of Soviet weapons that clearly should be included. On the Western side of the ledger, it counts weapons that just as clearly do not belong in the equation. in order to make the numbers come out the way they want, the Soviets are counting some old Pershing I missiles that are in the West German armed forces, even though they do not have their own nuclear warheads (these would be supplied by the U.S. during a crisis) and have ranges shorter than a number of Soviet missiles that do not show...
Waving aside the flies that fill the air in enormous clouds, Sister Emmanuelle spends hours visiting her flock, carrying a ledger in which she has meticulously written down the names and needs of 3,000 families. But her gentleness turns to steel when she browbeats bureaucrats or bankers to help the garbage pickers. She envisions motorized vehicles to replace the dilapidated donkey carts. She wants to replace pickers' filthy garments with clean uniforms and to pen the pigs instead of allowing them to roam in and out of homes. Says she: "It will cost money...
That 23-22 loss goes down on the ledger as the last regular-season game in Bryant's 38 head-coaching years at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabama...
...intellectuals--as shown this summer when the Village Voice all but deified him weekly. He has unanimous and enthusiastic labor support--in New York's very strong organizational asset. He has strong support from Black and Hispanic voters who know that they have nothing to gain from Lehrman's ledger-book legislation. And he has a clear edge among his own Catholic middle class...
There's another hump in the stickwomen's path, however, as Harvard travels to Princeton tomorrow. The Tigers sport a 4-0 record in league action, making them the only team other than the Crimson to boast a winning Ivy ledger...