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...chains together. His pal, "SugarCoated" Andy Hernandez, 26, nods. "A lot of people think we dress like this only for performances," says Sugar-Coated, who plays vibes. In the '60s, he explains, society drifted further and further away from his dreams. So he turned the clock backward. While rock musicians continue to play in their undershirts, Sugar-Coated decks out in a three-piece suit and a gray fedora...
...much has gone wrong in government in the last few years and the people's faith is so low that people in public life should bend over backward to avoid doing anything that looks like dirty politics," Robert B. Greenberg '76-4 said. "And this does not look good...
...amidst all the flashes of professionalism is Ivy League football's biggest drawing card: Ivy League football itself. "Unique" and "unpredictable" are overused descriptions of the style of play, but what else can you call football when fumbles are part of the offensive strategy, punters kick balls backward over their head and the home team suits up enough people for the entire population of Casco, Maine...
...case involving Jim Bouton, a baseball pitcher turned TV sportscaster (and now TV series actor). In 1971 Bouton enlivened one of his news spots by taking an interview with Alex Webster, then the coach of the stumbling New York Giants football team, and running part of it backward on the air with no sound. Webster was not amused by the gimmick, which made him look like a demented Donald Duck. Claiming that he had been portrayed as a "dullard and a stupid person," he sued Bouton for $3 million...
Criticizing the Radcliffe administration, the Governing Boards, the History and Literature Department, and other areas in the University, Leonard wrote at the time, "Not only have we not progressed a great deal since 1971 [the start of the affirmative action plan], but I fear we have moved backward from the date in a number of areas...