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...defensive troubles worry coach Joe Restic more than the offensive difficulties. Bruin quarterback Larry Carbone leads the Ivy League in total offense with a 208.7 yd. average per game--74 yds. ahead of his nearest rival...
Murphy, a track specialist recording his first cross country win as a collegiate, completed the Saucon Valley Fields course in 31:13, 12 seconds ahead of his nearest opponent, Dan Predmore of Cornell...
...Hyannis, Mass. Sheraton last Saturday, over 300 Republican activists took part in a little-known party caucus and Rep. Phillip M. Crane (R-Ill.) came out on top with 164 votes. The nearest challenger Ronald Reagan received 36 while George Bush took 27, John Connally 24 and Baker 16. Anne Crickshank, a state Republican committee member said Crane's appearance at the Hyannis caucus "definitely helped" him gain the overwhelming majority. Baker, unannounced at the time, did not attend the day-long event...
...growing self-doubt, Americans can take unalloyed pride in the honors that have been bestowed on its men and women of science. Since 1946, 100 U.S. citizens have won Nobels in the sciences, more than half of the to tal number awarded and far more than America's nearest rivals: Britain, with 34; Germany, 13; the Soviet Union, 8; and France, 5. The record is nearly as impressive in what Thomas Carlyle called the "dismal science." Since the establishment of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics in 1968, Americans have carried off eight of the 17 medals awarded...
...sophomore and winner of this event last year, Jennings finished the course in 16:20, 50 seconds ahead of her nearest rival and 27 seconds ahead of the record set last week by Bowdoin's Joan Benoit...