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...political odds are still heavily in Walter Mondale's favor. So why does he seem anxious and downhearted? And why is Gary Hart, who still figures to be an also-ran at the San Francisco convention eight weeks from now, so full of zip and good cheer...
Ronald Reagan is a wonder. Such zest, such zip, such uncontrived bonhomie. The past three years have brought plenty of crises for the country and his Administration, but Reagan cruises along as serenely self-confident as ever. Now is usually the time in a first term when the press trots out the before-and-after photographs, palpably depicting the burdens of the Oval Office: rosy, beaming President-elect vs. haggard, wan incumbent. But Reagan, now the oldest President in history, seems to have grown more robust since his Inauguration. After three years his optimism appears undimmed, his faith in bedrock...
...race in person. Ski jumping is splendid for eyeball-viewing?all those figures flying through the air?but the races are hopeless. Flat or steep, it does not matter; you pick a good turn and watch the bodies come over the hill or out of the trees, zip, zip. Did you see Bill Koch or Phil Mahre make his move? Not a chance, unless you were back at the hotel watching on the tube...
...their helmets and went on to play a rousing game of intracollegiate football. And, each week for three straight seasons, the Lowell House Bellboys trudged back to Dillon, once again shut out by their mightier opponent. Last week, this week, next week...there was no singing in the showers. Zip, zilch, zero...again and again...
...whose phone number is 201-726-3876 will soon have a new number to remember-say, 96347. The Post Office Department announced last week that every address will have a five-digit number added to it after next July 1. The system, known as "Zip" (for Zone Improvement Plan), is designed to speed delivery of first-class mail as much as 24 hours by enabling postal clerks to tell at a glance how to route a letter...