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...second time, midway through the third period, the Wilsons watched from the bench as, with 1:40 remaining, defenseman Steve Roberts fired a mortar from the right point that cleanly beat Brian Petrovek and gave the Friars the victory, their sixth of the young season without a single blemish...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Too Many Wilsons Ruin Opener for Icemen, 5-4 | 12/2/1976 | See Source »

...with were different or better as human beings than any other nationality I knew, or than my own people. Nor was it that America's record as a world power, or even its domestic performance as the self-proclaimed land of liberty and equality, was without fault or blemish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Message to America from Japan's Prime Minister Takeo Miki | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

Next week the lightweights come home to the friendly waters of the Charles, seeking to avenge the lone blemish on a three-year winning streak which was inflicted by Navy last year. The mid-shipmen just edged out the Crimson last spring on their home course, when Harvard's seven man caught a bad crab and was thrown from the boat. Harvard will be looking for its twelfth Haines Cup in the 13-year history of the race...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Stein Cup, Biglin Bowl Remain Harvard Property | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

Riding high after a similar shellacking of Brown last Saturday, coach Jack Barnaby's crew stretched its winning streak to three matches, with an early-season loss to Columbia the only blemish on its otherwise perfect record...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Netmen Thrash Williams Squad | 4/21/1976 | See Source »

...understanding is it's like rolling off a log. The only reason more people don't do it is that you have to pay the piper with a makeup exam later on." Most people who bag exams are good students, people who can't stand the thought of a blemish on their average...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann and Richard Turner, S | Title: In the Bunker | 1/28/1976 | See Source »

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