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...some of the Crimson's lesser lights should get some much-needed experience and much-deserved playing time. Look especially for Robert Taylor, Ken Plutnicki, and George White--all of whom should get into the game early on. McLaughlin has been very pleased with the play of the Crimson bench thus far, as well he should be. "The guys we really need--from five to ten--have been playing extremely well for us," he said yesterday...
...player for the Montreal Canadiens, Blake led the National Hockey League in points (goals plus assists) in 1939. In 13 seasons as the Canadiens coach, he won eight Stanley Cup titles and shepherded the careers of Maurice ("Rocket") Richard, Jean Beliveau and Bernie ("Boom-Boom") Geoffrion. From behind the bench, Blake schemed to stop such high-scoring opponents as Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito and Stan Mikita. So when it comes to evaluating hockey's newest natural wonder, the New York Islanders' Right Wing Mike Bossy, Blake is succinct: "Why is Mike Bossy great? That...
Sylvie glides effortlessly into ever more erratic behavior. She spends mesmerized hours staring into the lake that claimed her father and sister. She studies the local freightyard and checks on the hobos and transients riding through. The girls find her one day asleep on a bench near the center of town, a newspaper propped over her face. At home she falls into long silences, plays solitaire during the day and comes alive at night, keeping the lights out and letting the darkness in: "Sylvie in a house was more or less like a mermaid in a ship's cabin...
Watson took an excellent centering pass from Greg Olson and fired the puck past Clarkson's Don Sylvestri and into the net. Tommy Murray danced with his stick held high. Olson and Watson hugged and the Harvard bench emptied to congratulate its most productive line...
Cucinotta, 35, has never seen the Supreme Court. His turf is Philadelphia's criminal courts; his forte is plea bargaining with prosecutors, not constitutional advocacy. But in a few months, he will be in the high bench's marble temple in Washington to argue an important case involving the right to counsel...