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But Carlton intercepted a Fleming-to-Dixon pass, and flipped the ball to center Pat Elzie, who converted a crowd-pleasing slam dunk to raise the Holy Cross lead to three. And Harvard never got that close again.
> The Congressional Budget Office computer. Its handlers are supposedly nonpartisan technicians, but Republicans suspect them of programming the computer to spew out spending and deficit forecasts pleasing to the Democrats who head House committees. "CBO is politicized to a hopeless extent," said a congressional Republican staff aide last week. The...
The formula, after two endless evenings, is clear: two dreary, realistic plays followed by a crowd-pleasing cartoon. One might feel sympathy if these were unknown, generally unproduced playwrights, but few of them are. (In the next program we'll see plays by David Mamet and actor Cliff Robertson.) This...
Of course, Harvard wasn't taking Southern grace easily, sprinkling two fumbles of its own among the William and Mary turnovers. Tribe coach Jimmye Laycock, the purest of Southern gentlemen, did his good deed for the day on his team's next possession. The turnover streak stopped at four, but...
WHEN LEHRER broadened his horizons in the '50s, he did so with a form of music that has virtually disappeared today. His appeal was not really that of a musician, though he had (has?) a pleasing, friendly voice and a knack for a catchy tune. Nor was he a full...