31.   McDermott played his usual, hard slogging game while Taylor joined in and was dropped by Malcolm when he swung a pull shot straight back down the track.

32.   Woody Dantzler was a dazzling Heisman Trophy candidate who could reverse fields better than most runners or throw the ball long and straight down the sidelines.

33.   Nevertheless he continued to fight, dividing the rightist coalition government straight down the middle between ministers who supported him and those faithful to Chirac.