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There are several things Brian Buckley tries not to think about. Questions that begin "what would have happened if" don't sit well with him, hold very little interest...
...such questions have dogged Harvard's senior quarterback since he was scarcely big enough to palm a pigskin. Buckley doesn't make any special effort to find silver linings, nor does he deny that his career has had its share of rough edges...
Consider high school, for example. Local pundits say Buckley's junior year at Marblehead High School ranks as one of the the best season performances in recent history. He brought his team to a share of the 1973 conference championship and earned All-America honors. He threw for 1800 yds. and 17 touchdowns, and his 21 for 30, 265 yd. performance against Sqampscott (and future teammate Tom Beatrice) was not atypical. So the college scouts came sniffing...
...other regional races, Rep. Christopher J. Dodd. (D-Conn.) defeated James L. Buckley in the Connecticut race for retiring Sen. Abraham D. Ribicoff's seat. In New Hampshire, incumbent Sen. John Durkin (D-N.H.) narrowly lost to conservative challenger Warren Rudman. The Vermont contest between Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Steward Ledbetter was too close to call...
...Javits remains to the finish, New Yorkers might see a repeat of the 1970 election in which a split liberal vote meant the election of conservative James Buckley by a slim plurality