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...real damage was done three minutes later. Ferguson passed to Pete Tufford, who was basket-hanging on the Crimson blue line. The high-scoring sophomore skated in alone and fired a low shot into the nets...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Cornell Tops Sextet, 4-1 | 2/23/1967 | See Source »

...clearly a violation of the spirit, if not the substance, of modern rules. Any college coach with a late lead to protect will order his boys to keep the ball away from the other team by holding it, passing it back and forth, refusing to shoot for the basket. Now a new fad is sweeping the courts: the game-long stall. Within a week, three of the nation's top teams have been bedeviled by opponents who set out to win by just standing there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: The Icemen | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

...versatile and high-spirited as any in folk-rock, and their latest "goodtime music" ranges from the symphonette sounds of Summer in the City, complete with auto horns and a pneumatic drill, to the African-inspired Voodoo in the Basement, played on steel drums and a wastepaper basket. Scarcely hum drums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 20, 1967 | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

Rebound & Decoy. Thanks to Hannum, Chamberlain has finally demonstrated that he can do a lot more than just stuff a ball into a basket. With an average of only 24 points per game so far this season, Wilt has virtually eliminated himself from competition for the scoring title he has won every year since he came into the league in 1959. Instead, he concentrates on controlling the boards, decoying enemy defenders, setting up teammates for open shots. The result: Wilt ranks No. 3 in the league in assists (with 307) as well as No. 1 in rebounds (with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Basketball: Nose to Chin Whiskers | 1/13/1967 | See Source »

...salady festoon are samples of all that the hothouses, orangeries and private zoos of Flemish aristocracy could offer. Roses and carnations are mixed with more pungent garlics, cabbages and peppers; common wheat is intertwined with pumpkins and artichokes. Even a capuchin monkey in a clown costume drags a fruit basket toward the Madonna. Avont's maternal scene in the center, except for some winged cherubs, is more touched by pastoral piety than divine illumination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: The Native Expression | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

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