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...first half in which the only thing tighter than the score was the players themselves, Crimson Coach Frank McLaughlin brought his team out in an aggressive man-to-man defense. Center Monroe Trout tallied six points as the cagers mounted an 8-2 rally to nab a five-point cushion, the biggest either team had enjoyed all game...
...slick power, is the music. Songwriting teams like Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, and Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil composed terrific teen anthems for the girl groups. Producers Phil Specter, Shadow Morton and Holland-Dozier-Holland encased the adenoidal voices in a cushion of strings, saxophones and heartbeat percussion. In those years before rock became Ph.D. fodder, the girl-group sound married musical sophistication and the saving emotional jolt. That sound retains its power and appeal. On record, at least, the dream girls are still beautiful...
...device is the airbag, a hidden cushion that inflates upon impact to dampen the shock of an automobile collision. Unlike seat belts, airbags require no active effort by riders, and cause no inconvenience. Because airbags work automatically, they provide constant protection: seat belts, by comparison, protect only those ten percent of all riders who bother to strap themselves in. The airbag has proven its effectiveness in millions of miles of road tests, and even a foe of government regulation like Yale economist William Nordhaus estimates that an airbag law would save, in addition to thousands of invaluable lives. $30 billion...
...Atari Democrats talk a more responsible line. Putting their faith in high technology to strengthen the economy, they advocate a, so far, distressingly vague program of tax and investment incentives to spur expansion of rising industries such as semiconductors and computer software, as well as job retraining programs to cushion the plight of workers laid off in declining "smokestack" industries such as steel and autos. As an option for the future, the strategy is well worth debate, presuming that somehow the money could be found, but it is not much help in confronting the overwhelming problem facing the Congress that...
Playing in an invitational tourney--really a practice for all the participants since no champion was chosen--the aquamen routed Army, 16-5, in a game even more lopsided than the score indicates. With an 8-1 cushion after the first quarter. Coach Steve Pike substituted freely, using only subs by the game send...