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...took the court. “It’s nerve-wracking to be on the bench,” Ingersoll said. “You warm up, but then you get cold and you’re thinking, ‘Oh no what if I biff it?’ It’s all or nothing.”There would be no biffing for Ingersoll, however. In just 1.5 sets, the sophomore racked up 11 kills and a .714 hitting percentage.With its top offensive weapon back in play, the Crimson won eight of the next...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Volleyball Rolls Over Holy Cross at Home | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...room for Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, Shecky Greene, Bob Newhart - all those guys, her ex-husband's generation, who were ruling the roost in Vegas at the time. They refused to play the Main Room because they thought it would hurt their Las Vegas draw." Hamilton and another comic, Biff Maynard, suggested that Mitzi instead try to fill the room with a bill of her Comedy Store regulars. So she put together a squad of her best acts - among them David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Robin Williams - and crowds packed the place. Even better, at least for Mitzi, because they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedy at the Edge Excerpt | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

...characterize such a group? Battlers? Bludgers? Westies? Yes, but there's much more to each of them. Do has quietly captured the textures of being and belonging. Like the country itself, it's a picture of tolerance, hope and humanity against a thumping background of urban blight and biff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peeling Back Australia's Identity | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

...soft bed of fire, her tongue a searching thing asking questions I had to answer greedily." In French kissing, as in all other aspects of a Hammer courtship, the woman is the aggressor. In the movies of I, the Jury and The Girl Hunters, the actor playing Hammer (Biff Elliot in the first, then Spillane himself) reclines on a couch while the female amorously advances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince of Pulp | 7/22/2006 | See Source »

...buck's night the second time around, I had one the first time and that was enough." Lay off my family. "I refuse to relive a marriage break-up publicly." "I believe I've got the character and policies to be a good Prime Minister of this country." Crash. Biff. Bling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gone in 60 Sound Bites | 1/26/2005 | See Source »

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