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...apparently gone on behind the scenes, taking the less obvious form of news documentaries, reports of "concerned citizens' groups," and the ever-present Pentagon predictions of an impending apocalypse. A recent CBS-TV documentary, for instance, focused on charges that the current all-volunteer army cannot find the crack troops needed to face any attack by the Soviet Union; the implication throughout the show was that the U.S. armed forces are not now in "a proper state of readiness," and may never be--as long as the all-volunteer format persists. Other critics, especially in the Southern delegations to Congress...
STARBOARD SPLINTERS: Rumor around Newell that Washington's lights, the cream of the Western crew crop, may come East for the Sprints. Crimson squad drooling for Huskie match-up and crack at mythical national title...
Terris plays this key murder scene comically, leaving the audience laughing at the victim instead of quaking for him. It is funny, but it makes the rest of the play hard to take seriously; when De Flores cuts off the dead man's finger to remove a ring, the "crack!" that snaps through the theater is as ludicrous as it is horrid...
...possible crack in the dike is in the cage, where John Griffin replaces All-Universe goalie Dan Mackesey. But Griffin has the best defensive line in the country playing in front of him, and he turned in his best performance to date against Hopkins, with 17 saves...
Sparked by the scoring of crack artillery unit Mike Faught (six goals), Steve Martin (three goals, three assists) and Peter Predun (two and three), the entrenched defense of goalie Ken First (20 saves) and a dramatic charge off the bench by Chris "The Beast" Doherty, Harvard controlled the first half before exploding in an 11-goal third quarter to put the game away...