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...extramarital affair that pads out the best-seller as well as most of the character conflicts and shoots for the thrills. The only problem is that character development in the novel not only served to relieve tension, it also offered several different, presumably philosophical perspectives on the beast. Matt Hooper, the icthyologist, sees the shark as a work of almost supernatural beauty. "It's the kind of thing that makes you believe in a god." To Police Chief Brody the shark is an invincible nightmare of violence and guts, a glittering evil intelligence that forces him into the ring...
...Left free by their home offices to decide for themselves whether to go or stay, at least 80 journalists remained to continue reporting the story. Among them were three Americans who had covered the war from the start of U.S. involvement: Bureau Chief George Esper, 42, Matt Franjola, 32, and Peter Arnett, 40, all of the Associated Press. Said Arnett, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his Viet Nam War reporting in 1966: "I was here at the beginning, and I think it's worth the risk to be here...
McDonald's officials take the direct assault with unruffled patriarchal calm. Says Public Relations Director Matt Lambert: "We couldn't be anything but pleased that their advertising stresses our success." Anyway, the fast-food battle is a three-or even four-front war. Burger King, another contender in the hamburger hassle, has funded a $3,000 "John Denker Scholarship" at the California Institute of Technology to honor a Caltech student who recently sabotaged a $47,000 McDonald's-sponsored contest. Denker found a loophole that allowed him and 25 fellow students to submit more than 1 million...
...epee team dropped but one bout as John Hirshfeld and Matt Simmons went undefeated. The saber squad did not fare as well. Gordon Rutledge managed to win two of his three rounds, but John Majors lost twice and Larry Tu had even worse luck, coming up empty-handed...
John Herschfield missed both of his bouts as he went down 0-2 for the night. Matt Simmons picked up one as did Sam Anderson and John Barber, who fenced well in his only bout in the match...