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Pellegrini, who now thinks economics might be more appropriate preparation for the NFL, has earned a job as an offensive lineman for the New York Jets. He enters the ranks of a rare species--Harvard grads in the pros--joining offensive lineman Danny Jiggets of the Chicago Bears and punter Pat McInaly of the Cincinnati Bengals...
Restic returns the compliment: "Joe was a very good, quick football player who could have a promising future in the pros...
White House officials concede that continuing high unemployment (9.8% last month) could darken the rosy Republican hopes. Across the country, political pros of both parties, when asked about the decisive issues in their area, respond with one word: jobs. Some analysts say that if unemployment rises to 10%, the symbolic impact alone might turn ten more House seats over to the Democrats. On the other hand, one of the complexities of this election is the degree to which those hurt by the recession have accepted Reagan's course as painful but necessary. "We don't know what this...
...channel 7 management were to consider the advice of Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather, two old pros who know something about the TV news business, they might have shaken up their newscast in an entirely different manner. The two veterans would believe the station's cosmetic cure-all is the wrong way to remedy an ailing local news show...
...upward stares when he toured the sights of China, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 35 and 7 ft. 2 in., was even more the center of attraction on the basketball court. To the members of the Chinese national basketball team, Jabbar and the other visiting U.S. pros must have looked like a Western version of the Great Wall. "They are the world's best," says Chinese Center Han Pengshan, 20, something of a tourist attraction himself at 7 ft. 3 in. "They have springs on their feet...