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...RHODE ISLAND. In 1974, Vincent ("Buddy") Cianci Jr. surprised the political experts by winning election as mayor of blue-collar, heavily Democratic Providence, R.I. Now, after six years in which he presided over the city's downtown renaissance, Cianci, 39, is engaged in another uphill battle. In one of the nation's most raucous gubernatorial contests, he is running against popular two-term Democratic Governor J. Joseph Garrahy...
...influence of Coach Bryant reaches far beyond the campus and the state of Alabama. My son, who plays football at little Roger Williams College in Rhode Island, always wears under his uniform an Alabama football jersey. For a few hours on Saturday afternoon he too is a Crimson Tider. Maurice H. Patterson Providence...
Thirty-three Harvard graduate students living in Conant Hall don't think so. Since last November they have been sponsoring six-year-old Wakidi Frisnoumoto through Foster Parents Plan, a Rhode Island-based agency...
Holy Cross stands at 1-1 this season, after a 21-14 opening victory over Rhode Island and a 28-7 loss to Army (Harvard's adversary next week). The Crusaders boast a top freshman running back in Mark Covington (119 yds. against URI), and a pair of mediocre quarterbacks, juniors Dave Boisture and Dave Murphy...
...Harvard will have to be more than merely good to stay ahead of its increasingly recruit-bolstered opponents. Apart from improved Ivy League teams, schools like U Mass., U. of Rhode Island, U. Conn., and U.V.M., who can afford to recruit the top runners in the country, will challenge the Harriers. "There's no such thing as a breather anymore," laments Hunt, but his squad feels it's talented enough to challenge the best this year...