Word: stronger
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...tipping off a pass play by dropping his right foot back just before the ball is centered-are correct able. His recent knee injury is a minus, but could work as a plus by exempting him from that other draft-military service. Always on the lookout for taller, stronger quarterbacks, some scouts prefer Greg Cook, Cincinnati, 6 ft. 4 in., 205 Ibs. He led the nation in yards gained by passing (3,272). The scouts like the way Cook's head sticks up like a periscope above the mauling linemen to survey his receivers downfield...
...pound. Last week both currencies rallied a bit in international trading. The pound gained after Britain reported that rising exports had lessened its chronic trade deficit during November. The franc rose even though France announced a $200 million November trade deficit, triple that of October. The money was stronger because, for the moment, most Frenchmen seemed to be accepting De Gaulle's stringent curbs. But the real test will begin early next year, when unions are expected to demand pay increases...
...Harvard's goal tender Bruce Durno has proved to be one of the stronger Ivy goal tenders, perhaps second only to Cornell's All-American Ken Dryden...
Harvard's lineup is headed by the strongest one-two combination in intercollegiate squash today, Anil Nayar and Larry Terrell, Michel Schienmann's strong showing against Terrell earlier in the week indicates that Harvard's allegedly vulnerable number three spot may be stronger than expected. Positions four through nine are fairly evenly matched as the extremely close scores in the intersquad matches earlier this week indicates...
Doubtlessly Atkins has grown stronger politically. Little criticism of his actions has come from other blacks, yet Atkins played the leading role in curbing liberal Mayor White, an endearing fact to lower-class white Bostonians. Reactionary City Council President William Foley of South Boston praised Atkins' work on Model Cities as the best of any renewal committee chairman that he could remember...