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From Bush's viewpoint, Florida is too close to call because Reagan has "a lot of support from die-hard conservatives who live there," Butler says. Connally's Malone thinks that Bush will wilt in the South: unlike Carter four years ago (the campaign to which Bush's is most often compared), the transplanted Easterner is not moving into his area of strength after New England...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: New Hampshire is Only the Beginning | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

Missing two of their top forwards for most of a game against Boston University (B.U). New England's second-ranked team, the Harvard men's soccer team might have been expected to wilt yesterday at the Business School...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Crimson Booters Edged In Overtime; Terriers Tally In Last Eight Minutes | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

...sweaters were really hot the first two games," she laments. "Almost unbearabble." But the athletic department came through where it counted: the pom-poms are waterproof. "I was really impressed," Coutu says. "They bought the best kind, with plastic shakes. They don't wilt in the rain...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...with the glee of a small boy on Christmas morning. He fled to Nevada in a vain attempt to escape California's community property laws during an acrimonious divorce and, suffering from a heart ailment, lost touch with his clubs. In his heyday, Cooke made the trades (Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), picked the draft choices, coached the coaches and chastised waiters in the Forum Club restaurant for allowing a guest's water glass to remain empty. The eye for detail paid off: the Lakers won the N.B.A. championship in 1972, and have remained one of the good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Casino | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...result of airfare deregulation, getting there has never been cheaper. In some countries, notably Portugal, Italy and Greece, the dollar will go farther than it did two years ago. And, while the greenback continues to wilt elsewhere, it can still be stretched to wrap a memorable, moderately priced vacation. In fact, for the traveler who will settle for country candles over city lights, who has an appetite for food and drink modest only in price, this kind of vacation can be more rewarding than the traditional tour of the fleshpots. It will take him to towns as old as civilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Europe: Off the Beaten Track | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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