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While warming up just before the match, the Crimson's number-two player, All-American Richard Jackson, chipped his tooth and had to rush off to the dentist's office. Without time to reshuffle the lineup. Harvard Coach Dave Fish sent freshman Joe Dowling, usually the first alternate, up against Navy's second player, Tim Tinney...
...told the players a few weeks ago. "Why don't we?" They were stunned. What ever happened to "Win them one at a time"? A number of the veterans- Defensive Linemen Harvey Martin and John Dutton, Wide Receiver Drew Pearson, Linebacker Bob Breunig-are long enough in the tooth to wonder how many more chances they will have. Until Washington and San Francisco at the end of the schedule, Dallas' path is exceedingly smooth...
...grew more dignified, its architects demanded cool, neoclassic superblocks on the Avenue of the Presidents. To them, the Post Office seemed as out of place as flamboyant Diamond Jim Brady at a state dinner. Abandoned in 1934 by the Post Office Department, the building became known as the "Old Tooth" that blocked progress in the Federal Triangle, a stolid group of buildings that includes the National Archives and the Justice Department. For 45 years the structure gathered grime, and its seedy offices were used by various Government agencies, including the FBI's wiretapping unit...
...dozen hardy restorationists, fighting the Old Tooth's extraction, caught the attention of the late Nancy Hanks, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. A shrewd politician and dedicated preservationist, she charmed the General Services Administration, which is the federal landlord, and enlisted help on the Hill, including the support of Senators Daniel P. Moynihan and Mike Gravel. Hanks, for whom the new center is named, once told a committee, "Old buildings are like friends. They reassure in times of change...
...three Japanese women have had an abortion, which is so common, "it is like having a tooth out," says...