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...Fins were trying to defend their perfect ’72 season against the undefeated Bears. In a most exciting and rowdy showdown, Miami handed Chicago its first and only loss of the season. But, I never got to see the game. It was a school night...
...terror, in which each side knew that annihilation was the price of attacking the other with nuclear weapons. That certainty, ironically, helped keep the peace throughout the planet, with the two superpowers inclined to modulate their regional conflicts to prevent them spinning out of control and forcing a grand showdown...
Those of you who were too busy protesting in Mass. Hall to take in yesterday's Red Rolfe Division showdown, take heart. The twinbill may have determined the division champion, but you protestors-and the thousands of other students who didn't show for some reason-didn't miss much...
...fans that packed Princeton's Class of 1952 Stadium, the No. 1 Tigers massacred Harvard, 15-1, for their 35th consecutive Ivy victory. Princeton (8-1, 4-0 Ivy) showed no signs of looking past the Crimson (6-4, 1-3) in preparation for its Ivy title showdown with No. 12 Cornell (6-3, 4-0) next weekend...
...Media: Winners (it's the ratings, stupid A news saga always draws audiences, even when it refuses to behave like the sort of ultimatum-driven geopolitical showdown producers crave. Like the legislators, the media displayed uncharacteristic patience in refraining from second-guessing the White House when the chips were down...