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What do a 7-ft., 6-in Dinka tribesman-turned-NBA shot blocker, a 5-ft., 7-in. ACC freak show-turned-NBA slam dunk champion, and an academic All-America sociology major from Harvard have in common...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Soaring to a Professional Career | 5/22/1987 | See Source »

Second-year freshmen Coach Blocker Meitzen has a strong group of Yardlings in '87, and after impressive wins against Penn, Dartmouth and MIT, the frosh seem capable of improving on last year's second-place Eastern Sprints showing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Lightweight Crew | 4/14/1987 | See Source »

...certainly a chip off the old blocker, but while her dad is associated with a major household appliance, Norie Shanta Perry is a lot smaller than even a bread box. Last week in Evanston, Ill., little Norie became the newest addition to the family of Sherry and William ("the Refrigerator") Perry. Born eight weeks prematurely, she weighed in at a delicate 3 lbs. 10 1/2 oz., a tiny fraction of her famous father's 300-plus lbs. She will be the third lady in the Perry household, joining Mom and her three-year-old big sister Latavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 14, 1986 | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...when I was little," he likes to say, 13 1/2 lbs. at his birth nearly 23 years ago in Aiken, S.C. He grew to almost 400 lbs., or "350 and rising," according to Clemson University's limited scales. Against Wake Forest once, Perry blocked a punt by punting a blocker. That is, the little fellow who was supposed to obstruct him bounced in the air so high that he knocked down the ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hurry, Hurry, Step Right Up | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...women cast adds a feeling of warmth and history, reminding us of the important role that female artists played in the development of the medium The use of the semicircle of performers around law circular stage, to the musicians, helps to recreate the closeness immediately of a Blocker Stret nightspot. Most extensive use of the Agassiz's facilities, particularly in terms of lighting effects and movement off the stage would have added to the illusion...

Author: By Stuart A. Anfang, | Title: All That Good | 2/8/1985 | See Source »

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