Word: royale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attitude of Syria's Assad will have much to do with what happens next. He willingly attended the Tripoli summit, which was held in the lavish Arabian Nights-style People's Hall that once served as the Libyan capital's royal palace. Assad was under strong pressure to become a member of an enlarged rejection front implacably hostile to any negotiations with Israel. Expectations were that he would, in the end, refuse the overtures. For one thing", the ideological gap between Iraq and Syria, which are governed by rival branches of the socialist Baath Party...
...came in to lead the team to a 44-14 win), Texas last week remained atop the college polls with the only undefeated record among the football powers. The No. 1 ranking has enabled Coach Fred Akers to emerge early from the long shadow of his legendary predecessor, Darrell Royal. It has also vindicated members of the university athletic commission who disregarded a Royal choice and picked Akers instead. Actually, they had good reason for their decision. Akers had prepped as a Royal assistant before moving into the head coaching job at Wyoming in 1975. In two years he turned...
Akers had his job cut out for him: Texas was in a downhill slide; the Longhorns' 5-5-1 record last season was the worst in Royal's 20-year reign. With just 16 seniors on a 60-man roster, the inexperienced Longhorns were expected to finish well down in the rugged Southwest Conference this year. As Defensive Coordinator Leon Fuller said at the beginning of the season: "We're so young, we hold hands going onto the field." But Akers and the staff he brought with him immersed their players in a rigorous training program, breaking...
...come to Texas unless you're a competitor and committed. Mental concentration, though, is harder than physical preparation." As his players looked on first with awe, then growing respect, Akers and his assistants put in grueling 14-hour days. Their dedication proved contagious. Says Interested Observer Royal: "He is willing to pay the price in long hours, elbow grease and getting out of the shade...
...strength and the sizzling speed of Wide Receiver Johnny ("Lam") Jones-a 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 400-meter relay and, according to Akers, "the fastest football player in the world"-the new coach substituted a big-play, I-formation offense for the Royal Wishbone. When the offense bogs down, there is the estimable leg of Kicker Russell Erxleben to put three points on the scoreboard. Erxleben set an N.C.A.A. field-goal record early this season with a 67-yarder, and routinely kicks true from 50 yards away...