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...captain Glenn Fine can quarterback the team; co-captain Bob Hooft has done well up front, though his shooting has fallen into inconsistency lately. With a Cornell-Columbia double bill this weekend, the Crimson guns will have to come out screaming if Harvard is to avoid falling into oblivion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Second Season' Tips Off Amid Gloom | 1/31/1979 | See Source »

...Lamar College pairing of Bill Israelson and Mike Michalka, who fired rounds of 67 and 66, won the tournament. The Harvard duo finished in utter oblivion...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Swingin' in the South | 12/14/1978 | See Source »

...modest Hughes has more than just that sense of where you are. George picks corners with his shots. He stickhandles deftly. He dekes the goalies into oblivion. Also, George has two new linemates and a younger brother named Jack who supplement his powers...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: George Hughes is Just the Utter Most | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...like a giant thunderhead on his horizon. His concern shades almost the other consideration (with the exception of defense), focusing the President's energies as never before and relegating some of his evangelism on such things as tax reform and Government reorganization to the dim corners, it not oblivion. Carter has been compelled to choose, the very crux of leadership. He has declared inflation the principal adversary of America. He has chosen the battleground and marshaled all of his considerable energy and talent for the effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Crux of Leadership | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...four to twelve the number of states where they control both houses. "This is the most profound change for us," said Brock. He was relieved because state legislatures will redistrict after the 1980 census. If the Republicans had not made considerable gains, they might have been gerrymandered to near oblivion. In 1976, it is estimated, the Republicans won 42% of the total congressional vote but captured only 33% of the seats in the House. Now Republicans figure that they are at the mercy of redistricting Democrats in only 20 states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Got Your Message | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

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