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The experts picked the Chicago Bears to finish no better than second in the National Football League's Western Conference. Everybody conceded them a hard-nosed defense-but offense makes pro football champions these days. The Bears just laughed. Their ferocious defense held opponents to an average ten points...
Ionesco's Jack, or the Submission is just about as absurd as theatre gets. It alternates between caricatures and specious profundity, demanding and receiving unconvincing performances from the cast. Michael Nach is properly flaccid as Jack, a young man whose family reviles him until he declares he does like hash...
∙ CENTER: Dick Butkus, 20, Illinois 6 ft. 3 in., 237 lbs. One rave notice: "Only a junior, but a very strong, hard-nosed, mean, nasty kid. Has an insatiable appetite for hitting people." Best on defense, Butkus would play defensive tackle as a pro. On offense, the pros like...
Eastern's new boss is articulate Floyd Hall, 47, who resigned as general manager of Trans World Airlines to take the job. A hard-nosed administrator, Colorado-born Hall joined TWA as a co-pilot in 1940, worked his way up through the flying side until he was appointed...
Despite the confusion, the airlines' response greatly strengthened Halaby's position before Oklahoma Democrat Mike Monroney's aviation subcommittee, and brightened hopes that the Senate would quickly pass the $60 million appropriation recently approved by the House. After passage, the technical task of getting the U.S. supersonic...