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...Reagan Administration's low-key campaign for change has produced disappointingly few results. U.S. proposals for reorganization of the armed forces have come to naught: the idea has been resisted by the tightly knit brotherhood of the Salvadoran armed forces, which exists almost as a society apart from the rest of the country's citizens. Human rights atrocities continue. According to Ambassador Hinton, at least 68 people were killed in the first two weeks of October. U.S. efforts have been further set back by the disappearance of 21 leftists and labor leaders, several of whom attended the meeting...
...colonization of the lucrative underwear market by the designers might have come to naught, if not for the entry of industry leviathan Calvin Klein, whose energetic marketing campaign has made designer underwear for men a fait accompli. Any recent visitor to New York has seen the virtually ubiquitous advertisements plastered by Klein's operatives on the sides of bus shelters. They depict a body reminiscent of something out of Mussolini's art collection in blissful, practically naked repose. All indications point to the probability that such advertisements will soon proliferate throughout the land...
...field center around blunders he embarrassed himself with One time he heaved his substantial body back and forth between the bases with a California Angel during a run-down, admirably trying to make sure he had a good angle on the tag. All his good intentions were for naught, however, when he very ungracefully coffided with the runner, sending them both sprawling. In another game he was umpiring the third-base line when the visiting team hit a long fly ball that sailed toward the bleachers. Luciano sprinted toward the outfield to make a decision fair or foul but lost...
Walsh and Erulkar, who each played a half, were superb as well, but all the defense went for naught as plays starting from the back fizzled between the Harvard defense and the Yale goal...
When the red light flashed signifying the final Tiger tally, the Crimson saw its second strong performance against a talented squad come to naught. The skaters played inspired hockey for forty minutes--passing well, holding their positions, forechecking aggressively, and creating scoring opportunities. But hockey games are sixty minutes long and the only score that counts is the one at the final buzzer...