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...other Safire foils remain oddly charmed by their tormentor. Bert Lance has become a friend, even though Safire won his 1978 Pulitzer for exposing the freewheeling banking practices that led to the resignation of Jimmy Carter's budget director. Charles Wick, the Reagan-era head of the U.S.I.A. and a frequent Safire target, gushes, "There's no way you can dislike the guy. I admire him so much." Perhaps no journalistic jousting caused the anguish of the Iran-contra rift with the late CIA director William Casey, whose 1966 congressional campaign Safire managed. Critical columns led to angry phone calls...
Next Up: The 'Wick...
...tournament. When the Crimson's first-round game against Yale went to penalty kicks, Reilly batted away the Eli challenge. When the Harvard offense sputtered early in the semis against Hartwick, Reilly's perfection in the net kept the team alive. The Crimson went on to shut out the 'Wick...
Nick Loves the 'Wick: The offense may not have been up to par in Saturday's 3-1 loss to Hartwick in Oneonta, N.Y., but junior forward Nick D'Onofrio kept his scoring streak intact...
Injury Update: Harvard was missing three starters against the 'Wick, as Mills, sophomore sweeper Nick Gates and senior back Gian D'Ornellas all stayed in Cambridge with injury or illness. D'Ornellas and Mills were sitting out for their third straight games--D'Ornellas with a sprained ankle and Mills with an injured knee. Gates was out with illness...