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While it may not have the curious fan appeal of professional grappling, college wrestling is a true art form. In contrast to the vicious heart punches and paralyzing spinal stings of all-star smash-ups, the real collegiate sport requires brains, brawn, balance and speed...
...still an issue of overriding importance in Janice's life, and she says that it affects her emotional stability. "Food definitely affects how I feel--I always think about it," she says. "It's hard to tell if it's cause or effect because it's such a vicious cycle. But I know one thing: I'll always be obsessed with food. It'll never be just a way of staying alive...
...kiss you. I got to know how it feels," he says. Completely inarticulate, encased within themselves, the "angels" can only express their feelings physically: erotic dancing, lovemaking, or (how many times have you seen this?) a just-for-fun sparring match between the two men that grows increasingly vicious. For philosophy, one character ruminates: "Sometimes it's nice being alone. Then it can get...lonely." For the agony of illicit love: "Miriam. I love you. I don't know what else to say." "Let's just be quiet...
Around college basketball, "scandal" is a word from 1951 or 1961, outdated now. Sportswriter Arthur Daley, writing of the '51 fix charges involving 33 players at seven schools, observed: "All scandals are ugly, and this is a particularly vicious one because it touches the presumably untouched." Can there be any such presumption...
...William Greider of the Washington Post--that he had grave doubts about the administration's economic program even as he was publicly advocating it--hurts both Stockman and the President a great deal. And they came at a particularly inopportune time for this suddenly floundering presidency. There has been vicious infighting between Secretary of State Alexander Haig and National Security Advisor Richard Allen. Haig and Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger Jr. '38 can't agree on whether or not NATO plans include a nuclear "warning shot" at the Soviet Union. And the president himself appears to be ignorant about major...