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While they didn't reach any of the finals, Amy deLone, Sharon Kosakowski, Jennifer Minkus, Tricia Small and Tanya Stasiuk were also impressive...
...Dukakis camp was simultaneously overconfident and overly defensive. There was the blustery insistence that the threadbare good-jobs-at-good-wages themes of the primaries would work against Bush, combined with the insecure reluctance to reach out to battle-tested Democrats who had worked for other candidates. There was virtually no planning, no ability to respond to Bush's attacks, and logistics out of the whistle-stop era. Dukakis would have to work until after midnight revising a speech he had just received for the next morning's breakfast event. All too often the candidate would take wooden prose...
...full-court defense led by Vernell ("Bimbo") Coles and muscular moves under the basket by J.R. Reid shook the Brazilians' rhythm. By half time the U.S. had moved ahead 63-55, and a 21-7 tear at the start of the second half put the game beyond even the reach of Brazilian superstar Oscar Schmidt, who managed 31 points despite close coverage. (In a later losing effort, Schmidt sank 55 points, an Olympic record.) This week the Americans will probably face strong challenges from Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union...
...American women may also find the Soviets blocking their path to gold. They struggled to beat Czechoslovakia 87-81, stunned a tough Yugoslav team 101-74, then disposed of China 94-79 to reach the medal round. The tall and talented Soviets bombed Bulgaria 91-62. Thus the stage seemed to be set for two dramatic U.S.-Soviet showdowns in the final week...
...students have tried to meet with PresidentBok and Boston District Federal Court JudgeWilliam G. Young '62, who chaired the committeethat authored the report. Bok will be out of townthrough today, but his assistant said she wouldaccept any written materials the studentssubmitted. The students said they have not beenable to reach Young...