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Landslide. Yes, landslide-stunning, startling, astounding, beyond the wildest dreams and nightmares of the contending camps, beyond the furthest ken of the armies of pollsters, pundits and political professionals. After all the thousands of miles, the millions of words and dollars, the campaign that in newspapers across the land on the very morning of Election Day was still headlined TOO CLOSE TO CALL turned out to be a landslide. The American voter had struck again. Half the election-watching parties in the nation were over before the guests arrived. The ponderous apparatus of the television networks' Election Night coverage...
...those who like it really hot, there's the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Department. More than 20 Ithaca College and Cornell University males receive free housing in the firehouse in return for battling blazes, says Deputy Chief Ken Reeves. "The fire chief who just retired stayed here when he was going to school...
...will also make clear that his football ambitions don't end with the Yale game. Compared to Ken Stabler since high school, Buckley has received feelers from the San Diego Chargers, and Seattle Seahawks and BLESTO a pro-football scouting service that works for eight teams. A BLESTO spokesman said yesterday, "We think he's a good prospect...
...There is a noticeable increase in a student's desire to apply knowledge to real world problems." Ken F. Hanson, associate dean of engineering at MIT and the chief planner of the program, said. He added that a faculty with experience in industry is vitai ot meet this desire...
From the first round, it was obvious that Holmes was in command. At 30, he is in his prime. A onetime Ali sparring partner who had ascended to the World Boxing Council title in 1978 by crushing Ken Norton, he had since defended his title seven times and won each bout by a knockout, tying Joe Louis' record. Unbeaten in 35 fights, Holmes extended his string with a masterly display of strategy and tactics. When Ali tried to shuffle out of reach, Holmes angled across the ring, cut off Ali's escape and took him to the ropes...