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Nixon's assault began with just that tactic in 1972 when he vetoed a two-year, $155 million appropriation to CPB. Charging CPB had become "the center of power and the focal point of control for the entire public broadcasting system," Nixon proposed instead local grants totalling $45 million over one year. Executives along the public network knew that the combination of meager, shortterm funding and wide dispersion of funds was the kiss of death for quality national programming...
...Restic has a way of creating surprises for opposing coaches and avid fans. The Crimson might be using some new formations in The Game, adding to the large number that Harvard already uses. Whatever tactic Restic decides to use, it will definitely utilize the talents of his offensive cogs, Jim Stoeckel, Neal Miller and Pat McInally. If they perform as they have in the past, they should beat Yale and make the 50-mph ride home seem a lot quicker...
...skidding a ball off the tips of goalkeeper Ben Bryant's fingers as he went up for a save ten minutes into the second half. Harvard then hammered its way deep into Brown territory, trying to maneuver the goalie away from the net to get a clear shot. The tactic worked. After the goalkeeper was too far away for a save, Dave Winningham came flying downfield toward the open net. His 20-yard shot went in unstopped...
Every war undergoes an autopsy. Even before the last guns are silenced, military experts start examining each thrust, parry and feint of the armies on the battlefields, hoping to discover a yet unknown tactic or a new strategic wrinkle. Post-mortems on the latest Middle East war have begun. Computers at NATO'S Brussels headquarters, for example, are being fed data from the war that, according to a NATO spokesman, will "test whether the battle effectiveness of some weapons has changed...
Sandman followed the philosophy of F. Clifton White, a conservative Republican campaign strategist. He maintained a low profile in the final month of the race expecting to unleash a vigorous campaign effort. But this tactic failed when moderate Republicans refused to finance Sandman's campaign and he could not afford the radio and television time which he had originally planned to buy in a last-minute blitz effort...