Word: turn-around
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Though it's the time every year when the leaves turn and Yankee-haters awake from hibernation, this time it is THE season for Harvard baseball. It's a team that graduated one letterman and lost two others to pro baseball from last year's turn-around extravaganza that was engineered primarily by freshmen. Mostly though, it's a squad that seems primed to finally regain control of Eastern collegiate baseball, which the Crimson enjoyed in the early...
...trying vainly to accomplish for years. Last year the cops jailed no fewer than 2,000 of Taoka's men for brief periods. "But," admits Masaru Sawada, the policeman who commanded the operation, "kicking them endlessly in the seat of the pants didn't work." The sudden turn-around in public opinion just may. The citizens of Kobe have already held three mass demonstrations, chanting "Down with the yakuza!" Taoka's men, according to police, were stunned by such a massive outburst of hostility after years of public passivity. Some of them have even given up their...
...month ago, Mobutu's well-equipped but poorly motivated soldiers were in disgraceful retreat, refusing to fight and often simply running away from a ragtag band of Angola-based Katangese rebels. Now the rebels were on the run. The secret ingredient in the turn-around was mostly psychological: the presence of 1,500 elite Moroccan troops who had been airlifted in at Mobutu's desperate request. The Moroccans shamed Zaïre's 4,000 troops in the fighting area into showing a little backbone. This persuaded the 2,000 or so rebels and, presumably, their Angolan and Cuban supporters...
Still, the turn-around did allay fears that Carter could not compromise. He showed that he was not too proud to yield when his case was weakening and when obstinacy might jeopardize something more important...
Anyway, next time you want to get in good with the professor, grab your sneakers and head for Hemenway. The guy may not be able to explain the stock market but he could give you a few pointers on that turn-around jumper from the top of the key. AFTER DAY ONE AT THE EASTERNS 1.Harvard 105pts. 2.Princeton 82pts. 3.Navy 67pts. 4.Dartmouth 63pts. 5.Yale 63pts...