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Though the tournament was intended simply to designate all-star teams, 'Cliffe coach Debi Field said she was very happy with the squad's play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five 'Cliffe Lacrosse Players Chosen for All-Star Competition | 5/10/1977 | See Source »

...Radcliffe lacrosse team travelled to Williams College last weekend to play in the New England College Tournament, for the selection of four all-star squads to play in next weekend's New England Regional Tournament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five 'Cliffe Lacrosse Players Chosen for All-Star Competition | 5/10/1977 | See Source »

...chosen by O'Neill to hold the all-star special energy committee together is Ohio's Thomas Ludlow Ashley, 54, a loyal ally of the Speaker's and a popular, buoyant and diligent legislator. O'Neill also picked Ashley because he is an independent on energy (although he comes from Toledo, which has auto plants) and thus may be able to moderate the inevitably conflicting views. Does Ashley see the potential national disaster that Carter envisions? "Yes, I honest-to-God do," says he. Ashley plans to deliver a bill to the House floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: NOW IT IS UP TO CONGRESS | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

...least Lindsay-Hogg can avoid doing penance for his selection of the cast; it's an all-star line-up. Jackson perfects a controlled deadpan; she achieves the Nixon scowl without the jowl. As a John Dean-like scapegoat, Sandy Dennis physically resembles a cross between the bespectacled Dean and a chipmunk in desperate need of orthodontic work. Mentally, she comes closer to a rodent in a behaviorist experiment as she blindly obeys Jackson's commands. Dennis impersonates Dean's monotone well, but her lines lack the variety to make her part interesting rather than grating...

Author: By Hilary B. Klein, | Title: A Habit Worth Breaking | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...then there is nothing but unsophisticated burlesque, a flimsy bit of cold-cut sandwiched between skits and songs of stale humor. It is impossible to tell, from the program, which of the authors from the all-star line-up that wrote the show--Jules Feiffer, John Lennon, Dan Greenburg, Tennessee Williams--goes with which skit. The idea behind the anonymity is to avoid invasion of the writer's privacy and sexual fantasy. For the most part, Tynan would have done better if he had worried instead about the literary reputations of his writers. Seventh graders and Science Center graffiti writers...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: A Sucker Bored Every Minute | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

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