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Looking ahead, former Defense Secretary Mel Laird and Rockefeller are urging Ford to use next month's State of the Union message to stake out an ambitious, four-year program covering such subjects as welfare reform, revenue sharing and a national health insurance plan. "The President has a lot of resources at his disposal," says one adviser, one resource being, of course, the power of the White House. "The question is whether he has the willingness and toughness to use them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE: Ford: Trying to Reverse the Slide | 12/29/1975 | See Source »

...expects something in the Mel Brooks mold-raucous, anarchical, anachronistic-from Gene Wilder's debut as a director. He has, after all, recruited members of the Brooks mob: Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise. Like Brooks' most recent works, Adventure is a broad parody of a hoary popular form, in this case the period detective drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Sandbox Sleuth | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

Harvard kept on burning in the jumping events, taking 10 of 12 possible places. Hunt Block and Mel Embree paced the leapers with a first and a third place finish each...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard Thinclads Burn Brown, 80-38 | 12/18/1975 | See Source »

Rounding out the highlights for the Crimson were sweeps in the high jump, led by co-captain Mel Embree's 6 ft. 10 in. hop, and the triple jump, in which Hali Kayali paced the event with an effort of 46 ft. 10 1/2 in. Other Crimson first place honors went to Geoffrey Stiles in the pole vault and to the mile relay team...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: Thinclads Romp Through Field Events | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

Freshman Geoff Stiles hurdled to victory in the pole vault with a 13 ft. 6 in. effort. Block took the long jump with a 21 ft. 4 1/4 in. leap and Mel Embree skied to an easy win in the high jump...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Thinclads Destroy B.U., 94-18; Crimson Wins 12 of 14 Events | 12/4/1975 | See Source »

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