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...going to be Wicks, who, after he wrenched himself from the clutches of John Wooden at UCLA, went on to become one of the NBA's better known gunners. Wicks's pistol was loaded so often that it prompted a continuing feud with Geoff Petrie, Portland's other fine shooter--who has since been traded--and with the Trailblazers front office, as they have tried to trade Wicks for the last two seasons...
...trust of the Faculty, reestablished the joint desire of the dean and the Faculty to get things done." His moderately conservative image and politics have been forgotten, or perhaps have become unimportant, along with most issues of the '60s; Rosovsky today is known throughout the Faculty as a straight-shooter...
...basketball class resembled a Harvard varsity scrimmage with Brian Banks and Walter Hines balancing the opposition squad. But the main attraction was Jones, who captained the Oberlin College cagers during his collegiate career. An awesome outside shooter, the 5'8", 35-year old guard proved he hadn't lost the old touch by facing several students on the court...
...Texas proverb says, "God made some men big and some men small, but Sam Colt made all men equal." Reagan may have looked small coming into the Texas primary, but he had the political equivalent of a six-shooter, only better. He persistently won applause for his attacks on Ford's defense policies, especially on the issue of American control of the Panama Canal, which for some reason hit many Texans where they live. It's hard to guess why, since most Texans have never been further south than Piedras Negras, or wanted...
Thurman Munson, a perennial bird-shooter, touched Oriole starter and loser Ross Grimsley for a two-run single in the fifth after the Yanks had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning...