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Radcliffe took numerous power tens during the first half mile in a vain attempt to get themselves out of the treacherous water, but it was to no avail. "We wanted to be with them to make a move on them in that third mile--but after that wake, they were gone," Strong said...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Yale Stops Radcliffe Heavies | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

...that pitch was the only thing Ali threw all night....Rumor has it that Don King may be arranging a return bout between Ali and Rocky Marciano, whose WBA rating unexpectedly skyrocketed to the number 11 position (right behind Evangelista) last week. I tried calling Marciano, but to no avail. Keep your ears to the ground on this one...Who was the third emperor of Rome?...Who played "Ethel" in the old "Lucy" series?...Who was Elizabeth Taylor's twelfth husband?...There might have been a punch thrown in that Ali-Evangelista fight last night...Trivia Quiz: Who played Elizabeth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ali-Whatsisname Debacle: What's For Breakfast Today? | 5/18/1977 | See Source »

...Then the entire population of the village emerges from under the queen's matriarchal robes. It is also a nice touch to portray the native people (but not the leaders) with dancers and tuck the chorus away in an upper balcony. But, sad to say, all to little avail. William Bender

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Pageantry of a Klutz's Mind | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...group of women who go down to the statehouse screaming, 'Please don't make me equal!' " So successful was this kind of opposition in Florida that even last-minute telephone calls by Betty Ford, Vice President Walter Mondale, and Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were of no avail. Florida's former Miss America, Anita Bryant, took time out from her campaign against gays to oppose the ERA; she was more successful than Valerie Harper, television's Rhoda, who campaigned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The Unmaking of an Amendment | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...rearrangement of breakfast service will affect far fewer than half the students in the houses, since only around 45 per cent of all upperclassmen take breakfast, and fewer still avail themselves of the full menu [entree, hot cereal] currently offered," Fox said in his memorandum...

Author: By William B. Trautman, | Title: Dean Fox Says Union to Open On Weekends | 4/14/1977 | See Source »

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