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...Coach John Yovicsin's biggest headaches will be how to contain Holy Cross' topnotch quarterback, Phil O'Neil. O'Neil ranks 11th in the nation among returning major college passers this year, having completed 97 of 218 passes for 1,378 yards and 10 touchdowns last fall...
This summer the U.S. will fairly explode with the sound of music-from jazz to Bach fugues and Verdi operas There will be no fewer than four major new festivals, and the old favorites will brim with solid programs and topnotch artists...
Some observers doubted that Harvard could stand up against New England competition with only one topnotch pitcher--Ray Peters. But in the playoffs, Bob Lincoln and Bob Dorwart also came through with victories to pace the Crimson to a runaway victory...
...show" to sell it. He says that "My answer to them was: Is your daughter for sale?" He even hopes to keep the copyright of the name after the magazine folds. The Reporter, however, will not completely disappear from view. "I'm not abandoning ship," insists Ascoli. Two topnotch reporters, Meg Greenfield and Denis Warner, will be transferred to Harper's magazine, which is striving energetically to keep up with the times. Ascoli will contribute a regular column and write books-though he will doubtless remain out of tune. In the current Reporter, he bids farewell...
...three families that have owned the paper since 1867-the Noyeses, the Kauffmanns, the Adamses-put their heads together and decided to do something about it. In 1963, Newbold Noyes was named editor, with a mandate to spend money on a topnotch staff. As a result, today's Star is again a newspaper worth reading, without sacrificing its urbane, low-keyed style. It manages to keep up with fast-breaking news and avoid the big, overblown headlines and shoddy sensationalism too often endemic to the afternoon. The Star is still the No. 2 paper in Washington, but in almost...