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Maine, currently clinging to the coveted number eight position, has completed its first Division 1 schedule at 10-11-1. The Black Bears can now sit back, like Tom Weiskopf in the clubhouse after 18 holes, and wait to see if Cornell can defeat Providence and B.U. to slip into the tournament. (B.C., Providence, Dartmouth, Vermont, Clarkson, RPI and Colgate, in order, have already qualified...
...they do to protect Carter's image, the authors inevitably slip into the bottom line on the president. They label the chapter on his childhood "Just an ordinary little boy," and scattered throughout the remainder of the book are reminders of Carter's aggressive normalcy. "Carter fits in the American grain of thousands of upwardly mobile men and women in business and sales." Or, as Diamond concludes, "Jimmy Carter is like thousands of other middle-aged men of middling stature in authority in our society. He is the man next door--if you live in the nicest neighborhood...
Yale jumped out to an early lead, catching a sleepy cager squad unaware as the Bulldogs piled up a 20-point lead after ten minutes of play. Harvard woke up and pulled to within ten points by the half, but the elusive Elis never let their lead slip any further and stacked up insurance points in the second half...
...those actions came the austerity budget, reinforcing Ontarians' doubts about Clark's willingness to show concern for the province that unquestionably gave him his mandate. Why Clark so easily let Ontario slip away is beyond comprehension--perhaps he could not reconcile the West's pressures with Ontario's needs...
...HERE THE BENEFITS END. The rest is a catalog of fiascos for the HIID. First, in all likelihood, many of the individuals within the HIID who care about non-economic matters would, one by one, slip away. Says one HIID staff member, "Harberger is to international development what plumbing is to architecture." That three of the six institute fellows have been willing to publicly state their opposition, thereby seriously jeopardizing their future at HIID were Harberger to come, is a measure of the depth of the opposition...