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...vote, nearly all from blacks who had registered in record numbers. But that was enough, barely, to top two white candidates: Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne, 48, and State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, 40, son of the mayor who ran the city machine with an iron fist until his death...
...defenses improved in the second half, as both teams scored a total of five goals following the fist half's 11. Crimson Tri-Captain Rich Ronald felt the stick men "let down is little but in the second half...
...crowd continued its cheering. At last the man turned to his supporters and shouted a final "I-TAL-IA!" He waved his fist in defiance, then marched back to his Fiat parked in the middle of the street Slowly he undraped himself and put on his pants. The crowd loved it. Banners waved Women screamed. After a few moments more of encouragement, the throng moved...
From that moment on, he was ali smiles and hugs, shaking his player's hands over and over again; no more wiping off the brow and nervous clapping. When the last few seconds had finally ticked away, he ran onto the ice, once again lifted his fist to the exuberant crowd, and then joined his players in-a huge team embrace...
...conciliatory gesture, it seems unlikely that their movement will soon simmer down. Thus far the dissidents have not called for independence for Assam, but separatism is never very far from the surface. One group even boasts its own flag, a green map of Assam with a mailed fist in the center. Except for a narrow passage, the state is separated from India by Bangladesh. Since ancient times, its ethnic and cultural ties have always been closer to Burma and Tibet than to the rest of India. In tribute to their proud and independent past, the students have taken to calling...