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...loudest applause given by the crowd gathered at the Mall might not have been in response to a call for tax cuts, a policy hailed that morning in The New York Times by William F. Buckley Jr. as the most morally pressing matter Bush can attend to at the outset of his presidency. "He must avoid the endless argument about whom to benefit, whom to deprive," Buckley said, and instead end "the moral problem in the government's withdrawing from the taxpayers' pockets more than is required...
Such long layoffs can be just as deleterious as Northeastern's overscheduling. The Crimson is 1-5 in the three weekends [including season's outset] following a multi-week layoff, and 10-1 in all other games...
Give credit to Frank Sullivan, who presciently told his team at the outset of the season that he expected them to go far into the season without back-to-back losses. His game-planning, strong practice regimen and ability to coach probably also have something to do with it also...
...strong-voiced Rochester. With his flowing hair and smoldering passion, he can at least be thankful this show grabbed him before Jekyll & Hyde. But Marla Schaffel, as Jane, fares less well. Despite a lovely voice, she seems altogether too poised and polished (not to mention too pretty) from the outset. Her desire for Rochester remains something we must take on faith, and her character, for all the gothic doings around her, seems to change little from beginning to end. And that, gentle reader, is something Jane Eyre cannot do without...
...Rams began the game with a 13-3 run, and began to pressure the Crimson ballhandlers from the outset. The intensity of URI's defense forced 18 Crimson turnovers in the first half...