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Behind Tony Hinz's 152 yards rushing (on a mere 12 carries), the Harvard football squad drowns Dartmouth, 42-3. The victory puts the Crimson (2-1 Ivy League) into a second-place tie with three other schools, all one-half game behind Cornell...
Perhaps the finest part of the book, however, is Angell's thoughtful and probing discussion of the relationship between highly-publicized drug use in baseball and the improbably high pedestals upon which America places all its professional athletes. Angell blasts Commissioner Peter Ueberroth's drug-testing policy as a mere public relations campaign designed to give the appearance that the sport is drug-free, while lamenting Ueberroth's failure to implement a comprehensive program for the treatment and rehabilitation of players who abuse drugs...
...joint R.P.R.-U.D.F. tickets against Le Pen's candidates to magnify the disadvantage a small party like the National Front already faces under the majority voting system. "That way, in the parliamentary election, we can cut the National Front down from the 34 seats it has now to a mere handful," a Gaullist Deputy vowed angrily. "The National Front has made fools of us long enough. We have to kill it," he said, and made a slicing gesture across his throat...
...this incident led to loud public groaning from civil libertarians, who saw a mismatch between the punishment and the presumed crime. Eventually the Government relented. The yacht was returned after the owner paid $1,600 in fines and fees. But officials were satisfied that they had sent a message: Mere featherweight infractions can draw heavy penalties...
...there a consensus? No. Despite agreement that Washington must do something, the question of what ignites differences that burn beneath mere partisanship to issues of deep ideology. For example, should the Government be encouraging women to work and turn their children over to someone else's care? Thus child care is potentially one of the hottest topics of the presidential $ and congressional campaigns. Unlike debates over the budget or trade policy, this one hits millions of voters directly where they live. "The issue of child care is politically ripe," says Secretary of Labor Ann McLaughlin, who has almost single-handedly...