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...great many mysteries feature journalists, largely because a great many mystery writers got their literary start at newspapers. Few have chronicled the freewheeling snoop as extensively, or as comically, as Gregory Mcdonald, Edgar winner and former arts and humanities editor of the Boston Globe, in his series about the impertinent Fletch, a man who breaks all the conventions. Fletch is young and handsome, not paunchy and timeworn; he is ethically shady and quick to grab a buck, not a tattered idealist clinging to principle; he is snippy not only to those in authority but also to working people...
Among sports-based books, by far the best is Tarkenton's collaboration with Edgar Winner Herb Resnicow, Murder at the Super Bowl (Morrow; 249 pages; $15.95). Aptly, in what has been an injury-plagued N.F.L. season, the plot turns on the vulnerability -- and, Tarkenton argues, innate pacifism -- of quarterbacks vs. the inherent violence of defensive linemen...
Meanwhile, the Communists began a barrage of propaganda, complete with appearances by N.D.F. leaders on TV talk shows. Said one Manila lawyer: "The N.D.F. is the propaganda winner here. They are all over the papers and airwaves -- and free of charge...
Harvard consistently fielded well over 50 undergraduates at its practices during the past fall season, but it has been unable to keep pace with the improvement of the varsity programs around the country. The list of varsity teams includes Maryland, Colorado, the military academies, and Cal-Berkeley--the winner of six of the last seven national championships...
Freshman Mia Costello was another big winner for the Crimson, emerging victorious three of the four times she entered the water. Costello swept the breaststokes with first-place finishes...