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Sullivan helped to confirm two long-suspected notions this winter. The first is that he is a man of principles, and as such is not likely to back down on any position--so in all probability, scratch Fisk. The second is that many Red Sox fans do not agree with those principles...
Both Biddle and Coach Ben Zibkovic gave special credit to the sabre squad for an extremely strong showing. Last year the team graduated practically all its sabremen so this year's squad had to build from scratch...
...aide's sentiments were not unique. The process of creating from scratch and then attempting to implement a blueprint for wresting control of a massive bureaucracy from the clutches of hostile (Carter) forces posed both political and logistical problems. For every department, agency and office an analogous transition team arose to pinpoint key issues for the incoming administration to tackle, and personnel to be discarded or retained. For three months, personnel director E. Pendleton James played keeper of the Book of Lists (and boxes of resumes), while a Council of Elders held intermittent Judgment Day caucuses. The result: a tiny...
...Michener cannot uncover the African soul, he understands the African soil -the blood that has spilled on it, the exploiters who have trampled it, the survivors who must scratch it for a living...
...week later, I was at Boston Garden watching the Northeastern Huskies scratch and claw their way to the Beanpot crown. The UnderDogs were overmatched by the formidable B.C. Eagles, who jumped out to an early lead...