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...ambition that makes college basketball one of the most exciting and unpredictable sports in the country today. A talented newcomer can walk into a moribund basketball program and make his school a conference contender in his first year and a national champion before he departs for the pros. Last season, the aptly named Magic Johnson finished his sophomore year by tucking the national title under Michigan State's arm, then went to the Los Angeles Lakers. The national exposure that comes with a trip to the N.C.A.A. tournament can help in fund raising and in keeping dorms and classes...
...from all over the country, consulted daily with ever widening circles of influential Congressmen. There was talk of a televised presidential address to a joint session of Congress. But the dramatized search for an anti-inflation program proved slow and frustrating. Within the Administration, economists fretted endlessly over the pros and cons of various budget-balancing proposals. The President's aides finally canceled all plans for Carter to address Congress, which was reluctant to play host to what was bound to be an unpleasant message...
Smith spoke briefly on the pros and cons of divestiture, refusing to completely commit himself to either position...
...urgency about a Ford decision? Foremost is the possibility of a party rush toward Reagan in the glow of his New Hampshire victory. While Ford has talked in the past of waiting for a potential deadlock at the nominating convention, many of the party's pros consider that most unlikely. They also note that the filing deadlines for remaining key primary elections are either past or imminent. Nevertheless, if Ford were to start filing this week in all primaries still open, he would have a chance to win 729, or 36%, of the 1,994 national convention delegates...
...Illinois, Kennedy now lags far behind Carter, by 13% to 66% according to a poll made public last week by the Chicago Sun-Times and WMAQ-TV. Kennedy has the backing of combative Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne. But elsewhere in Illinois, most Democratic pros are working for Carter. In downstate Morgan County, for example, when Democratic Chairman Leonard Kramp, a Kennedy fan, was stripped of control over hiring local census workers, he was told by Regional Census Director Manker Harris: "You're a nonperson. You decided to back the wrong man for President. You understand politics, and this...