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...even less, as some economists are forecasting, the Democrats will have further ammunition for their charge that the Republicans should have adopted more expansionist tax and spending programs last summer. Indeed, there is talk-in and out of the Administration-that unless the economy shows more snap and ginger soon, a new tax cut may be needed early next year to get the recovery moving forcefully again, no matter who wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: More Signals on the Slowdown | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

...talking about a score of Princeton 24, Harvard 0, with the third quarter drawing to a close. And we're talking about then sophomore quarterback Tim Davenport, who entered the game in the fourth quarter, put 21 quick Crimson points on the scoreboard, and came within a bobbled snap from center of Frank Champi-like immortality...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Gridders Invade Princeton; Top Spot Is at Stake | 10/23/1976 | See Source »

...with ten minutes or so remaining in the game, the Cornell punter, unheroically entitled Dave Johnson, stood gasping for air inside his 15-yard line. Had the snap from center taken too long, Johnson might have sunk into the stadium and never resurfaced, but the football arrived on time, albeit a trifle high...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Crimson Stumbles Over Cornell, Nature, 9-3 | 10/12/1976 | See Source »

...high snap from center should have been a break for us," Restic said, with the look of one who's just received a C on a paper when he was sure he would get at least...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Crimson Stumbles Over Cornell, Nature, 9-3 | 10/12/1976 | See Source »

Cornell did nothing but get wet on its next series, and then the impossible occurred. On fourth and five from his 25, Dave Johnson went back to punt, but the snap from center was high, so Johnson did the obvious. He took the football and slashed from 85 yards down the left sideline for a 9-3 Cornell lead with 5:13 remaining in the quarter...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: BIG RED STUNS HARVARD, 9-3 | 10/9/1976 | See Source »

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