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Watson, who is in the infirmary with the flu, was a last-minute scratch and provided junior David Silverman the opportunity of playing his first varsity game. The decision was late in the day, and Silverman was forced to skate with Bill Sztorc's old number 20 jersey, name included. A hooking penalty in the second period assured him a permanent spot in the Harvard hockey archives. Watson is expected back for this weekend's trip to St. Lawrence and Clarkson, while Olson and Powers are day-to-day cases...
...full-bellied 232 lbs. and a month from 40, he looks eminently mortal, not just paunchy but puffy, not only old but tired. "But, see, still smooth," he says, petting his face. "Nose in place, eyebrows untwisted. Show me a scratch anywhere...
...voice there is a scratch that shows clearly. "Speech is the most recognizable sign," says Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, once Muhammad's personal physician, no longer in his corner. "Does Muhammad Ali speak today as he spoke in 1971 [the year of the first of the three Ali-Frazier wars]? Listen to Ali yourself and hear the dramatic and sad slowing of Ali's speech, slurring of his words, slowing of his mental processes...
...named Poppa John on a TV soap opera. For reasons not entirely clear, the producers have killed off Poppa John, the show's most popular character. It is now the Christmas season, and Ned, despite all those years of six-figure salaries, is suddenly worried about how to scratch together $200 for the January rent on his Manhattan apartment. He has become too famous as Poppa John to get other acting jobs or TV work...
...Hayakawa, 75, the former talk-show host is pro-choice on abortion. Maureen also has an instinct for the political jugular. As she once declared during her father's presidential drive: "We will certainly be able to sling the mud, to kick below the belt, to trip, to scratch if we have...