Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...school was celebrating its Ivy League centennial and its homecoming weekend, and the odds were stacked against the Crimson from the start. With first-string quarterback Brian Buckley sidelined by knee problems and running backs Jim Callinan and Paul Scheper out with injuries, Harvard did not figure to chalk up an easy win against preseason Ivy favorite Dartmouth, especially in the Big Green's belligerent backyard...
Coach Joe Restic, who saw three quarterbacks fall last year, said afterwards. "When you lose a couple of quarterbacks like that, you can start packing...
Kemp and wide receiver Dave Shula, the highly touted duo who had been ineffective in three straight Dartmouth losses, connected almost at will in the first half. Restic took the calculated risk of single covering Shula because of his bad start this year ("The plays that Shula made they haven't been making this year"--Restic), and the Crimson paid for the miscalculation...
...teams played seesaw ball from the start. Geroge Brett, back in action after a hemorrhoid operation, turned on the Royals' scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning, smacking a Dick Ruthven change-up over the center field fence...
...whining like Lucille Ball. In the past, Hawn has given warmth and a glimmer of intelligence to the many poorly written characters she's portrayed. But Judy Benjamin, who gives painfully new meaning to the word shallow, renders Hawn helpless. One can only hope that Private Benjamin won't start a new wave of contemporary service comedies. The world's not yet ready for Francis the Talking Mule Goes to Afghanistan...