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...defense that, despite seven sophomore starters, has shut out three opponents and given up just one touchdown to the run in ten games. That defense was very much in evidence last weekend as Texas-and Campbell-rolled past overmatched Baylor, 29-7, thus setting up the Southwest Conference title showdown with Texas A. & M. on Saturday...
...year from workers and their employers. The energy program was being debated by a House-Senate conference committee. With hard bargaining on the energy legislation about to begin this week, the President put off his scheduled nine-nation trip abroad so that he could be on hand for the showdown. The postponement only served to make his Administration look more confused and rudderless than ever...
...entered the showdown contest with a 4-1-1 league record (to Princeton's 4-2), and the left the clearcut class of the Ivies...
...Wednesday, September 15, 1976, the showdown came...
...risk of provoking a head-on battle with the women, however, the male legislators will probably do nothing about the motto. Which brings to mind a loose translation of an adage from Winston Churchill that Maryland's lawmakers might adopt as their own before things reach a showdown: Parlare, parlare, e sempre meglio che fare la guerra, fare la guerra. Or, in the original English, "To jaw-jaw is always better than...