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...should baseball, with its sluggish metabolism and lack of crunch, retain its hold on the national imagination? The answer lies partly in its seasonal associations. No one is immune to the vernal equinox. The same jump of the blood occurs on ghetto streets and Little League diamonds, in bleachers and in front of the TV screen. Baseball implies an earthly benignity: clear skies, vacations and, above all, no school...
...regularly as the changing of the seasons, the Kremlin announces a far-reaching reform plan aimed at pepping up the sluggish Soviet economy by loosening bureaucratic controls over the production system and the managers who actually turn out the goods. But none of these plans ever seem to go far enough, and Soviet citizens continue to ask why their economy cannot soar like their spaceships. They have reason: last year, Soviet output of goods and services rose less than 2%, the smallest gain in a decade. That contrasts with a 1972 rise of 9.7%, or 6.5% after subtracting price increases...
NYAC fired its first goal against the Crimson within 20 seconds of the opening whistle. The New Yorkers fouled heavily, but the sluggish Crimson offense failed to capitalize on its opponent's penalties. Seven more NYAC goals hit the nets until Harvard's Steve Sheffield rifled a goal from 15 feet...
...told Harvard is becoming professionalized, and the law and medical school candidates seemed to prove it last week. No doubt this new attitude of overpowering seriousness can be traced to a still tight job market and the smothering, sluggish prospect of four more years of Nixon politics, but it is frightening nonetheless. One hopes it is a temporary aberration...
They demanded an immediate investigation of the sluggish BIA and of past Indian treaties with the U.S. Government. The protesters also made a large point of calling for the ouster of the Pine Ridge tribal council president, Dick Wilson. In large part, the takeover reflected civil strife-a power struggle between two competing Indian factions. Facing off at Wounded Knee were moderates, led by Wilson, and the AIM activists, mostly Indians from outside the reservation, led by Russell Means...