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Murray commented that "College hockey is much quicker and rougher than high school." Still, Evans was thankful for better officiating in college games. "On my team last year, there wasn't one game we played where there wasn't a fight. In college play, fighting is strictly forbidden...
That impression has been strengthened still more by the fact that the lawmakers have pushed into 1978?an election year for all Congressmen and 33 Senators?some of the rougher fights: Panama Canal treaty ratification, welfare reform, tax reform. Says Massachusetts Democrat Gerry Studds: "We don't really have a great deal to show so far. The big issues have either not been addressed or are unresolved...
Overseas, the going has been a bit rougher. In Europe, McDonald's management learned belatedly that, in contrast to the U.S., the customers are nearly all in the cities. Though McDonald's now has 467 stores in 22 foreign markets, the majority are company-owned or joint ventures, and the international operation will not become truly profitable until franchising begins in earnest -as it is about to in Germany, Australia and Japan. Says Chairman Fred Turner: "Who [in Europe] is marketing to the family for a reasonably priced meal away from home? There isn't anyone. There...
...combination of his performance and the use of certain issues has generated a lot of public support... but I certainly hold no grudge against my Republican opponent, and I don't believe he does as far as I am concerned. I can remember some political campaigns that were rougher than this one ..." Too much TV, too much show biz? Ford was asked. "Well, I wouldn't put it that way," he said. "But I wish that we could get down to the real substantive issues and discuss them in detail." Ford wouldn't go for the traditional...
Cashin, smooth and experienced, seemed to blast each stroke effortlessly, all the while spinning the six-pound weight behind the ergometer furiously with each eruption of his legs and back. Brock, somewhat rougher in style but determined to beat Cashin, grimaced and hurled his weight in kind...