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Both John and Scott went on to capitalize on the new opportunities at hand in the best entrepreneurial tradition of their Scotch-Irish forebearers. Scott has emerged as the Crimson's second leading tackler this year despite missing the Penn game with a slight shoulder separation. John has caught 12 passes this season--including a covey of circus of grabs. What's more, he has snagged a touchdown pass in each of Harvard's last three games...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The M(a)cLeod 'Brothers': Nos. 23 and 43 Are OK | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

Socially, the Benedicts are an example of the conservative values associated with farmers; their life-style would seem spartan to a city family with their assets. Fran delights in giving small dinner parties for neighbors?at which Pat may down a Scotch or two, though his regular drink is beer. But many evenings and weekends are devoted to TV or simply family conversation. The Benedicts are Roman Catholics and regular churchgoers; when St. Cecilia's Church in Sabin burned to the ground two years ago, Pat was elected to help supervise construction of a new building. He is close with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New American Farmer | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Herb Pomeroy--Scotch 'n Sirloin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: Oct. 12-Oct. 18 | 10/12/1978 | See Source »

...DRINK. I concurred in the general consensus and elbowed and gouged my way up to the bar in vintage Ed King, clip-'em-on-the-sweep fashion. The bar-tender, a smallish man unaccustomed to such mass displays of joviality, informed me that Scotch and soda was going for $1.90 that night. Ed King, I realized, would run a frugal administration, having already cut back on essential social services. I settled for ginger...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Friends of Ed King | 9/26/1978 | See Source »

...Proposition 13 and the death penalty (cheering for the death penalty is, I decided, a uniquely American political pastime) and abortion funding cut-offs. Maybe--but it didn't matter that night, as I headed across the street, passing a happy soul weaving under the influence of dollar-ninety Scotch. A soft breeze carried with it a few more strains of the B.C. fight song, but I decided right then that I didn't want to learn the words...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Friends of Ed King | 9/26/1978 | See Source »

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