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Howard also felt that her rah-rah style of pep and emotion didn't wash with her upperclassmates. "It's an individual psyche here, not a group thing. Everybody had to be laid back and act like they were cool," said Howard, who went on to play varsity basketball that first year before joining the track team as a junior...
...worse than that, the big and powerful Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) wouldn't shake hands with King, and after his ballyhooing pep rally cheer simply lumped King with the rest of the statewide candidates after singling out senatorial candidate Paul Tsongas for praise, King became noticeably more uncomfortable. The next day, of course, his aides would explain that King and Kennedy have never been close political allies. As for the boos, well, "They probably came from the Tsongas people, or somebody's staffers," Barry Kaplovitz, issues aide to King, quickly adds. "If there were a few boos...
...Crimson can still win the championship, provided it wins the last three games of the season while Brown and Dartmouth lose two out of three. But those aren't really pep-rally-inspiring odds...
Mary Pinkney ("Pinky") MacArthur should have worn stars herself. Few mothers have fought harder for their sons than she fought for Douglas, or dominated them so completely. When he was about to take his exams for West Point, she gave him a pep talk that he never forgot: "You must believe in yourself, my son, or no one else will believe in you." Naturally, he passed and, just as naturally, his mother moved to Craney's Hotel near his dormitory, where for four years she could see the lamp in her son's window and tell whether...
...reference to his guilty plea in connection with illegal contributions to Richard Nixon's 1972 campaign.* Within twelve hours of deriding his boss, Martin was tearfully reading a "resignation" speech. Steinbrenner, who has never been loath to meddle in clubhouse affairs (including making out lineup cards and giving pep talks as well as second-guessing his manager in print), left it to Yankee Vice President Al Rosen to induce Martin to resign...