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...Lewis wrote that "during the Profumo scandal, the Tories' Quintin Hogg nearly brought the House down when he tried to defend Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, saying he didn't understand the fuss about Profumo's private life, since there were 'adulterers on the Opposition front bench.' That was the closest anyone has come in public to making an extraprofessional link between Mrs. Williams and her boss, though the snide cracks have been going around again lately...
...only did Harvard rebound from its recent bad showings, but it came on after giving the Bruins an opening minute goal. Diercks, who had ridden the bench in Harvard's last three games, saw Bob Devaney light Brown's light after 33 seconds of play...
Flaman lovingly patted penalty killers Don Grimble and Chip Otness on the head when he reached his own bench, and the accolade was well deserved...
...first game, Coach Dick McGuire kept Bradley on the bench until the Knicks had built up a 12-point lead over the Detroit Pistons, "so the pressure wouldn't be so great." When No. 24 quickly swished an eight-foot jump shot, the crowd went wild-and kept on cheering, even though Bradley got off some amateurish passes and showed obvious rustiness at the foul line, making only two of six free throws. Next game, against the St. Louis Hawks, Bill looked sharper, sinking eight straight baskets. Then he blew everything in the final seconds with a clumsy jump...
...Princeton, Bradley scored 2,503 points, three times was chosen an All-America. But Princeton isn't the pros, and now, at 24, he is starting out in a man's game where practically every competitor can match his 6-ft. 5-in. size, and even the bench warmers were stars back home. What's more, they have been working at their trade. "I only played six games at Oxford last year," says Bradley, and his training with the Knicks was limited to one workout...