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Luis became a lawyer in the small town of San Bernardo near Santiago. Says he: "My clients were all poor and they never paid. I always managed to get them out of jail. Sometimes they gave me a chicken or a basket of eggs. . . . I was so successful that one day the judge said he was going to make me public prosecutor, that San Bernardo was attracting all the petty thieves. . . . So I was made public prosecutor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Chile's Monkey Drawer | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

They narrowed the Penn lead to four points after six minutes had passed, and the teams matched basket for basket for five more minutes. Them Harvard closed in. A deuce by Torgan on a dribble-in brought the Crimson one point behind, and Hennessey's foul tied the count at 48-all with eight minutes remaining...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: HECTIC SECOND HALF SPURT BRINGS CRIMSON 57-56 VICTORY OVER PENN | 2/25/1943 | See Source »

...Bunnies went out to an early lead and were on top 22 to 2 at half time. Danny Garelick tallied 18 points for the victors with Jay Hurley and Jack Harvey supplying many more. A basket in the last 10 seconds gave Eliot a 23 to 21 victory over Lowell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News From the Houses | 2/17/1943 | See Source »

With Bill Wilcox making 11 points, Adams House took a close contest from the Naval R. O. T. C's Company B, 17 to 14, With 9 seconds left it was anybody's contest, but a Gold Coast basket iced the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News From the Houses | 2/17/1943 | See Source »

Before the harrassed Bengals got their feet back on the ground and their eyes back on the basket, Bunks and the boys had racked up a 28-24 lead, a margin they held through the tense five minutes till the final buzzer sent the crowd streaming onto the floor...

Author: By Mitchell I. Goodman, | Title: Crimson Beats Tigers for Burditt, 36 to 32 | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

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