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...Byrne gained popularity, Daley appointed her a national Democratic committeewoman. When her mentor suffered a stroke in 1974, she loyally lashed out at those "little men of greed" and "political vultures" who seemed too eager to succeed him. Daley recovered and rewarded Byrne by making her his co-chairman of the powerful Cook County Democratic central committee. She had no illusion of really sharing power with Daley and knew he was mainly meeting national Democratic pressure to upgrade the role of women. But those "little men" at city hall resented her and when Daley died in late 1976, they knocked...
Vastola, now a senior, has a fencing heritage that has schooled him well for both the physical and mental aspects of fencing. Instructed from 13 to 18 by his Hungarian mentor, Vastola was an integral part of the New York fencing dynasty at Stuyvesant High School. In just his sophomore year, Vastola won the individual New York high school fencing championship, out-maneuvering his own captain in the final...
...Connally's mentor, Lyndon B. Johnson, had a courage hang-up too. It lay in another direction. He talked about how he resembled Matt Dillon riding into town on his big horse. How Texas Rangers, men he admired, just kept coming at you even though they were shot. How he could not be a man to back away from a fight. There are some historians who believe L.B.J.'s narrow view of courage led us deeper into Viet...
...Princeton's gonna try to do the same thing in the 100 (free) that they did in the 200," Crimson mentor Joe Bernal predicted last night, referring to the four Tigers in the eight man 200 free final. But Harvard's second-year coach plans to unleash a few seahorses of his own tonight...
...hockey history. At the 17:48 mark, with the icemen still ahead by a slim 2-1 margin, Colgate alternate captain Mike Rawley tripped rightwinger Jon Garrity behind the Red Raider net. The referee skated Rawley to the penalty bench. In a move usually reserved for football coaches, Harvard mentor Bill Cleary apparently refused the penalty...