Word: simpson
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Tarkenton gets plenty of help. If Buffalo's O.J. Simpson were not monopolizing the headlines for running backs, the Vikings' Chuck Foreman might. Going into last weekend's game against the New Orleans Saints, Foreman was the leading pass catcher in pro football with 38 receptions, as well as the second-leading rusher (576 yds.) and the top touchdown producer (eleven) in his conference. When Foreman is not handling the ball, Tarkenton can also give it to two other solid young runners, Ed Marinaro and Brent McClanahan, or can look downfield for veteran Tight End Stu Voigt...
...Simpson is skittering along to his first thousand yards of the fall, the Steelers' Front Four have begun chewing up opposition quarterbacks, and Oklahoma already seems a sure bet for the Orange Bowl. The nation's ballparks have been invaded by autumn, and the 1975 major league baseball season ought to be over. Not quite. The big games that count most are just about to begin. This weekend the divisional play-offs open with the Pirates playing the Reds in the National League. Oakland, champions in the American League West, had to wait for torrential rains...
...Fred A. Simpson, Vice President
...Simpson makes it clear that Harvard only counts alumni interviews as important if the applicant is a borderline case. "Our interviews don't really matter if they are sure either way on a candidate," he says. Randall, the senior interviewer in the town, who has quizzed high school students for more than 25 years simply because he says he likes to do it, insists he's happy the University counts the interviews more lightly than other items in the candidates' folders. He cites instances where some alumni get to meet with the student for only a few minutes and fail...
...create a certain type of Harvard man by recommending students they would like to see as later leaders of the nation after graduation. "Harvard is not a ticket to anything." Randall insists, "and sending someone there does not necessarily mean you're doing the best thing for the student." Simpson concurs: "We don't try to mold anybody," in the recruiting or interviewing process...