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...second half, it was B.C. that went on the April frolic, charging back from oblivion into the thick of the fight...
...politics. "I lost the vice presidency by 16 million votes. I wasn't invited anyplace for six years," he noted. "In 1972, Sarge Shriver lost the vice presidency by nearly 20 million votes-and [now] he's running for President." Still, there was one dividend from the oblivion that followed the 1964 campaign. "I got a TV commercial," said Miller, referring to his "nobody-knows-me" credit card ad. "But as a result of the commercial, I am now known by everyone-and so American Express canceled my contract...
...that it was "no accident" that Amin was chairman of the Organization of African Unity (O.A.U.). Moynihan thus in effect denounced moderate African leaders along with the infamous "Big Daddy"?a mistake that may have cost crucial votes on a motion to postpone, and thus possibly consign to oblivion, the notorious anti-Zionist resolution that the General Assembly passed in November (see chart...
Nevertheless, the Eagles's powderkeg offense that has been smoldering in oblivion could ignite at any given moment. In Calhoun's words, "B.C. can blow out any of the three teams just on talent." In short, a win tonight would give Harvard's cagemen an excellent chance of putting the wraps on the Beanpot crown in the finale tomorrow night...
Meanwhile, some of the linguistic extravagances of the women's movement have fallen into a deserved oblivion. Rarely now does one read of "herstory" as the feminist version of history. But there remains serious feminist sentiment in favor of calling God both Father and Mother, or considering him asexual...