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...reason Harvard didn't win again Saturday was Paul Tortorella, Yale's senior netminder. Tortorella's 24 saves climaxed four years of stellar play against the Crimson. Last year, he shut out eventual NCAA runner-up Harvard, 5-0, in the Coliseum...
...argues acting Campaign Chairman James Johnson, who rightly scoffs at the claim of rivals that Mondale must get 60% of the votes in Iowa and New Hampshire or be seen as slipping. Still, anything less than a 10% margin of victory over the runner-up in New Hampshire-and at least 40% of the vote in Iowa-might be interpreted by the press as a defeat, and this has filled Mondale staffers with gloomy imaginings. What if Jesse Jackson surprises in New Hampshire and siphons votes from their man? What if Mondale supporters stay home, assuming their votes will...
Already 0-1, the Americans' opponent today is powerful Czechoslovakis, a close runner-up to the Soviets in the World Campionships...
...Jose, Calif, and Stanford, a blind news-vendor's son, quiet-spoken but strong-armed, as husky as a linebacker. In today's terms, he was not only John Elway, the top draft choice, but also Dan Marino, the rookie of the year. The Heisman runner-up or, the way he looked at it, the "loser," was Joe Theismann of South River, N.J., and Notre Dame, a mouthy wraith. He still says, "The classic line of the No. 2 guy is that it was enough just to be considered. That is garbage. I may have said the same...
Dale Murphy of the Atlanta Braves was named the National League MVP. Andre Dawson was the runner-up in the voting...