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Boudin's appearance certainly doesn't overwhelm anybody. He's on the small side, and heavy bags under his eyes make him look tired. His gray-white hair, once blond, is short but disheveled, and his simple sports coat and sweater are more the dress of a recluse academic than a senior law partner with a 10-room office in downtown New York...
Captain Glenn Whitman, playing at number one, totally confused Navy's Rod Smith and won handily, 15-11, 15-10, 15-6. Blasier played brilliantly at number two to overwhelm his opponent...
...YORK TIMES COLUMNIST TOM WICKER: The clamor for Richard Nixon's resignation is suddenly so deafening that it may drown out good sense and overwhelm due process. It risks a rush to decision rather than an exercise of judgment, and it proposes a constitutional short cut when the primary problem is that the Constitution already has been too often slighted or ignored...
...remain solidly committed to Sanya. "We must give the government time to work," observed Prasarn Triratvorakul, a Student Center leader. Because three university rectors and one dean now sit in the Cabinet, the students have an unprecedented line of communication into the new government. This easy access seems to overwhelm some of them. Reflecting the modesty and caution that marked the students' revolution, Prasarn remarked: "We are being listened to. But if our ideas get too radical, then the government should stop listening. We don't want the government to recognize us too much...
...becoming increasingly popular: a longish essay on a suitably cultural subject wedded to lavish and largely relevant illustration. In the case of Balzac, the union is not exactly bliss. One might wish to trade some of the Paris street scenes for more text, but the subject would probably overwhelm any possible approach...