Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Cimino has introduced a potentially interesting subject--the existence of a Chinese Mafia organized along the lines of ancient clan triads--he complicates The Year of the Dragon by inserting superfluous storylines that detract from the film's central theme. In addition to being superfluous, most of these supplementary plotlines are poorly written and even more poorly acted. In one particularly forgetable scene between White and his R.N. wife, she chews him out for forgetting to come home early and make love during her ovulation period; according to her, he's "missed target practice...
...they pull the trick, the Quakers--who have won three straight Ancient Eight crowns-- would become the first Ivy team since Dartmouth to win four titles in a row. The Big Green did it in the late '60s and early...
...season and six wins after the disastrous '83 campaign, Coach Carm Cozzas's Bulldogs are a good bet to challenge the budding Penn dynasty and cop the Ancient Eight football crown. The potent offense, which averaged over 24 points per game last year, is again led by senior signalcaller Mike Curtin. Tailback Ted Macauley averaged 4.3 yards per carry as a sophomore and split end Kevin Moriarty, a three year starter, is one of the league's best...
Dartmouth figures to be the strongest of the middle pack of Ancient Eight teams. Leading an offense returning 20 of the top 22 performers is pint-sized quarterback Brian Stretch, who is joined in the backfield by tailback Ernie Torain (4.7 yards per carry last year). The receiving corps of Scott Truitt, Doug Keare and Frank Doyle is as fine as any in the league...
...considering the stickwomen's record last year, that's probably a good thing. Touted as the favorite to wrest the 1984 Ivy crown, the Crimson fell to the Ancient Eight cellar with a 5-10 overall record that included 10 shutout losses...