Word: john
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Army Coach Rob Riley had promised a bloodbath reminiscent of last year's Tate clash and sure enough, a Cadets hacker sent sophomore wing Matt Mallgrave to the bench in the second session with a reinjured shoulder. Since senior wing John Weisbrod was already sidelined with a sore back, Harvard Coach Ronn Tomassoni was forced to go with a three-line rotation the remainder of the game...
...hallmark of the new, tougher Bush may be that he will begin reaching outside the White House for political advice from the team of savvy, experienced advisers that helped him win in 1988. Despite the respect and gratitude Bush feels for his combative and often insensitive chief of staff, John Sununu, Bush understands he will need the help of others in the politically difficult months ahead. Says one Bush intimate: "He has come to realize that Sununu is no good at message and strategy. Sununu plays to one of the President's worst tendencies, which is to think that...
...enough to drink and barely of age to vote, drive or get married, but John E. Payton will soon be officiating at weekend weddings and night- court hearings in Collin County, Texas. Last week the 18-year-old high school graduate trounced incumbent Jim Murrell, 50, grabbing 82% of the vote to become a justice of the peace...
...favorable terms. The result: a virtually certain monopoly for the service, projected profit as early as 1992 and -- most important to fretful financial analysts -- an immediate $300 million improvement in the cash flow of News Corp., which has suffered an advertising slump in all its markets. Says media analyst John Reidy of Smith Barney: "This greatly reduces the pressure on Murdoch to scrounge around and put up some properties for sale." Murdoch sounded a touch regretful: "With Sky and BSB, it was like two boxers tiring and declaring a draw. If times had been different, they might have gone another...
...Massachusetts the tart tongue of Boston University President John Silber had swept him to the Democratic nomination over a party stalwart. But he tripped on it in the battle with Republican William Weld, an aristocratic former federal prosecutor. Silber offended blacks and women and frightened voters of all types with his anger. (In typical style, he branded Weld a "backstabbing son of a bitch.") Weld's 4% victory was largely a rejection of Silber's intemperateness. Says pollster Gerry Chervinsky: "Voters bought his message, but they couldn...