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...Harvard Freshman Parents' Day crowd by losing to the Crimson 59-0. Holy Cross made the Crimson blush when the team came down with hepatitis shortly after battling Harvard to a close 13-0 Crimson win. These two performances were not exactly appreciated, so both received the scheduling ax...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: A Touch of Garlic | 9/22/1971 | See Source »

...Harvard Freshman Parents' Day crowd by losing to the Crimson 59-0. Holy Cross made the Crimson blush when the team came down with hepatitis shortly after battling Harvard to a close 13-0 Crimson win. These two performances were not exactly appreciated, so both received the scheduling ax...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: A Touch of Garlic | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

...increased farm mechanization. He recently applied for welfare benefits and was turned down, which acquaintances say thoroughly embittered him. Then there was the ar senal of weapons found in the Sullivan labor camp and Juan's 1971 Chevrolet van: two hunting knives, two butcher knives, a double-bladed ax, a club with possible bloodstains, pistol shells and a machete. Police also discovered empty graves that had apparently been prepared but left unfilled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Anatomy of a Murder Suspect | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

...point out that he is restrained from effective action by the fact that his political base includes a number of high-ranking officers who are deeply involved in profiteering. With a presidential election coming up in November, they say, he is in no position to start swinging a political ax at influential backers. His opponents, on the other hand, point out that his own uncle, Ngo Xuan Tich, directs the government agency charged with rooting out corruption, while Tran Thien Khoi, a brother of Premier Tran Thien Khiem, is in charge of all antismuggling operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Viet Nam: A Cancerous Affliction | 6/7/1971 | See Source »

...fast X, largely for using a four-letter word and several scenes of full female frontal nudity. Novice Director Tom Stern removed most, but not all, of the nudity and obscenity. The rating was changed to R. Stern tried for a GP, but the board balked at a bloody ax murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Rating the Rating System | 5/31/1971 | See Source »

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