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Busby has devised a kind of "political physics." He figures that the Democrats will have a lock on the House of Representatives for years because since the 1950s, Republicans have never been able to gain more than 192 seats, and that the Republicans cannot be dislodged from the White House in 1984 because of the historical pattern of the Electoral College system. Not much is going to change that arrangement, he feels, short of economic catastrophe or Armageddon. Busby...
...that Harvard played without errors for the entire match. In several instances, momentum swung in favor of ENC as a direct result of unforced Crimson flaws. In particular, the second game--which Harvard eventually won 15-10--saw an 11-3 Crimson advantage dwindle to a virtual dead-lock, 11-10. During that period, a series of missed blocks, serves and spikes characterized Harvard's performance...
...lock to the drawer had previously been broken, Ford said. "It's impossible to keep it locked," she added...
Stevens is particularly incensed because he has been trying to push through a bill that would give the federally owned Alaska Railroad to the state, lock, stock and pork barrel. Metzenbaum favors a House version of the plan, which would at least require oil-rich Alaska to pay 75% of the railroad's liquidation cost. Stevens got so mad he publicly threatened to go to Ohio to campaign against Metzenbaum's reelection. Says Metzenbaum: "I may send him the plane ticket...
Harvard's most potent weapon against the competent Tufts squad took the form of sharp, angular spikes, mainstays of the Crimson attack all year. Strong hitting junior Ellen Schreiber, sophomore Nina Henderson and freshman Linda Lock hart--who has recently been brought up from the J. V. team--only hit the ball out of bounds four times in the four contests. Lock hart measures only 5 ft., 3 in., but she possesses fantastic jumping ability and has little trouble getting over...