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...another act of provocation. Following the lead of the SYL, student protesters decided that Hoppenstein should gain the experience of thousands of Black and white South Africans jailed in hell-hole prisons. Linking arms in silent protest, the students formed a blockade, planning to make Hoppenstein sweat until at least midnight...
Foreman has told the tale so many times he could do it without thinking; nonetheless, the telling puts him in a sweat. "I was walking in the dressing room, trying to cool down. I was telling myself, 'You don't have to box. You can retire to your ranch and die.' Die? Where did that come from? I didn't put that word in there. But the word kept sneaking into my head. Then a voice said, 'You believe in God. Why you scared to die?' I said, 'I can still give money to charities and cancer,' and the voice...
...Reagan sweat his way to success this time? Even the best of leaders may try his magic once too often. A lot of people in Washington think Reagan must make another move on the deficits soon or risk a political gridlock of serious proportions. Lobbyist Charls Walker casts his practiced eyes out over the country and sees "increasing economic pain" in autos, steel, textiles, agriculture, chemicals and oil. "This thing could turn quickly," Walker counsels his clients. "Economic euphoria could vanish. This is not an issue that will wait for a solution. This needs presidential leadership...
...contrast, Boston's other usual starting forward, Cedric Maxwell, is a connoisseur of leisure. At the moment he is caring for a bad knee. During the off-season Maxwell finds it restful to steer his long car to a construction site and watch other men sweat. While he has an undeniable flair for grand occasions on the court, and was the play-off MVP of 1981, now and then in the ordinary going he throttles down for an evening as if idling at a building project. This mildly annoys most of the other players, but it galls Bird, whose farm...
...attire ranging from blue jeans and a t-shirt to a tuxedo and pink bow tie, about 80 History and Literature concentraters yesterday climbed the steps to Burr Hall to turn in two semesters worth of blood, sweat and tears in the form of their senior theses...