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...South, Reagan is ahead, 46% to 43%, and thus threatens to crack Carter's 1976 electoral stronghold in his home region. The Governor, who has long been popular in some sections of the South, is being helped by the votes of white Protestants (51% to 39%), who favor him mainly because of his well-known conservative views and partly because of his alliance with television-era fundamentalist preachers...
...team goes into the Brown game riding high. Number one seed Princeton sees its first action of the tournament this morning against Yale, who defeated Dartmouth, 2-1, yesterday. The Crimson is just itching to get another crack at the Tigers, who knocked them off in a monsoon, 4-1, last Saturday in New Jersey. The tournament finals are this afternoon. THE NOTEBOOK: The band Foghat, which appeared at the New Haven Coliseum last night, checked into the hotel right before the team... Wendy Sonnabend and Janet Judge sustained minor injuries but should be fine for today's games... Deja...
Blow Wind, Crack Your Cheeks...
...Republicans claim every state west of the Mississippi River as either strong for or leaning toward Reagan. In the South, the Democrats scent possibilities in Texas and Florida, while the Republicans hope to crack Carter's supposed bastions in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and South Carolina...
...wince as horror replaces terror and sorrow replaces horror on his face. Later, when Treves displays Merrick before the audience of physicians, he must describe, in detail, his physical distortions. Hopkins delivers these lines quickly, his short clipped sentences and detached, analytical tone fighting the emotion that threatens to crack his voice...