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...called because every cent of the $475 million budgeted to stage them has come from private sources, primarily U.S. corporations. But as every capitalist knows, the "invisible hand" of Adam Smith's marketplace economy not only provides bounteous rewards, it is also perfectly capable of delivering a sucker punch. It was far too early to tell whether the Soviets, in leading an East-bloc boycott of the Olympics, had landed a solid shot or a glancing blow on the 30 corporate sponsors, 54 Olympic licensees and hundreds of others who had sought prestige and profit through the Games...
...front runner. The former Vice President remains the odds-on favorite to win the nomination. But party chiefs fear that by the time he raises his arms in victory at the convention in San Francisco, he will have taken so many blows from his opponents he will be punch-drunk. Says Iowa Democratic Committee Chairman David Nagle: "If Hart sweeps the rest, Mondale's going to be a badly wounded duck trying to fly home...
...Crimson was crippled by injuries. Says senior Co-Captain Brad Bunney, "Considering the number of injuries that plagued the squad after spring break. I think we ended with a respectable record." Bunney is dead right too. Steve Ezeji-Okoye was out. That meant that Harvard's one-two punch in the hurdling events was no longer a KO. With this in mind, the Crimson's loss against the Huntington Ave Hounds came as no surprise...
...Globe is best when assaying politics, at which it has few peers outside New York and Washington, and sports, at which it may have no peers at all. Editorial Page Editor Martin Nolan has given the opinion columns the same grace and punch he gave the paper's Washington bureau, and Washington Reporters Tom Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie are highly respected. Baseball Writer Peter Gammons may be that sport's most influential daily chronicler. Among other assets: Columnist Ellen Goodman, Humorist Diane White, Music Critic Richard Dyer and Editorial Writer Kirk Scharfenberg...
...schedule called for a president's reception at 4 p.m., with punch and snacks, followed by a dinner in the cafeteria, followed by a question-and-answer session at 7 p.m. The big Lincoln growled round spiny hills whose flanks were flecked with dead old cars, over swollen brown rivers, through towns where businessmen affect three-piece suits the color of certain gaudy birds-the passengers being made tardier by the minute...