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...electoral votes. In Lorain city, Carter took 18,214 votes, Ford 7,224. The local politicos weren't too surprised: there are five Democrats for every Republican in Lorain. Voting Democratic was a tradition long before John Kennedy discovered that his California tan beat the 5 o'clock shadow in the first debate of 1960. Kennedy made a beeline to Lorain from Philadelphia the morning after, and thousands of steel workers turned out to greet the Democratic candidate despite the damp of a September morning...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Pride Grows With Progress | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...houses, and apartments. Hutton flashes back and forth from one interior to the other, first by Barbara Delaney's (Faye Dunaway) bedside, then to the prowling killer, then to the stalking Delaney. But never does he make clear the connection between his three protagonists, whose movements parallel, counter, and shadow each other through the most critical moments of the film--though one is never sure to what...

Author: By Geoffrey T. Gibbs, | Title: Graceless | 10/31/1980 | See Source »

...worried about racing up the ominous Cemetery Hill on Halloween and that's why the black cat got his tongue. Or maybe, the two year old nightmare of Thad McNulty collapsing 200 yards from the finish line, spoiling Harvard's chance for the crown, still casts a dark shadow over the race...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Harvard Harriers Head to Heptagonals | 10/31/1980 | See Source »

...good effort goes for naught, however, because of Richard McElvain's one-dimensional Macbeth. This is a pouty shlep of a thane--Felix Unger with broadsword. Again, it works fine in Act Five, when his "life's but a walking shadow," but we are bored mercilessly beforehand. How this guy gets to be king is certainly beyond comprehension. If he has vaulting ambition, then Ronald Reagan has naturally black hair...

Author: By Jonathan B. Propp, | Title: Trouble in Scotland | 10/25/1980 | See Source »

...indomitable pair of Darlene Beckford and Kristen Linsley did their now familiar one-two shuffle routine, making the opposition pale in comparison. Beckford won the meet, setting a new course record at 17:09, with fleet-footed shadow Linsley right behind...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Harvard Harriers Race in Boston Championships | 10/15/1980 | See Source »

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