Word: toughers
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This season may mark Newhart's breakthrough. In a small but risky schedule change, CBS separated its successful Monday-night pair of comedies and moved Newhart to the tougher 9 p.m. slot. Standing on its own for the first time, the program has moved up to 13th place on the Nielsen list -- a particularly impressive showing considering that its competition has included some heavily watched Monday Night Football contests as well as the seventh game of the World Series...
...Boston Globe went so far as to claim that Harvard "startled the hockey community" by sweeping UMD. Michigan State has lost twice and been tied by Maine, but the Spartans are top-ranked nationally because their WCHA schedule is so much tougher than Harvard's ECAC stroll...
...There's a very distressing redirection in legal academia," says Ronald Delgado, a visiting professor of law at the University of Southern Illinois. "It's a much tougher, colder environment psychologically" for minorities...
Meanwhile, UMD is rebounding from a mediocre start. After missing the NCAA play-downs in 1985-'86 by finishing fourth in the WCHA (21-12-1), the Bulldogs started this year with a dismal 1-7-1 record. Granted, the competition in the WHCA is a lot tougher than the ECAC, but 1-7-1 ain't good in any league...
...while the Crimson has disposed of most of the ECAC's weaker opponets, and has the tougher ones remaining, the fact remains: Harvard is unbeaten. The stroll is nice...