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...publicity heaped on Plunkett, his teammates regard him as their personal property. "If anyone ever got by me and hurt Jim," says Offensive Tackle Bill Meyers, "I think I'd turn in my uniform." After cinching the Rose Bowl bid, Stanford lost its final two games -a letdown that the players regretted because "it might hurt Jim in the Heisman voting." It did not. Historically, Heisman winners have not fared well in the pros. But that is one trend Plunkett aims to correct: "I would like to start playing immediately," he says. "I don't want to come...
...final period that the defense passed the most severe test. Chuck Sizemore had tried his hand at quarterback in the third period, and on his first play from scrimmage, Martin scooted 62 yards for Yale's only touchdown. It was the only defensive letdown of the day by Harvard...
...aftermath of an off-year election in the United States is always a letdown. There is no new President to announce cabinet appointments or fill the front pages with family news. For the most part, politics drops off the page about a week after the votes...
...ideas that were going to ruin the business," he says. But after his father's retirement, John took over the company presidency in 1967, and a year later negotiated a merger with Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp. that neatly removed him from the Fairchild family's veto. It was no letdown financially, either. He now owns about 45,000 shares of Capital Cities stock, last week worth a total of $1,250,000, and draws an annual salary...
...diamonds they collect. LEONARD BERNSTEIN, whose indisputable composing and conducting talents are so often obscured by his passion for lecturing audiences about the mystical significance of certain quarter notes. JOSEPH ALSOP, a columnist who has so often predicted U.S. victory in Indochina that it may come as a letdown to his readers if it actually occurs...