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BOTH FREIDKIN'S picture and Penn's boast elaborate set-piece car chases. Friedkin's French Connection- style wrong-way run on the L.A. freeways may be more spectualar, but Arthur Penn's chase scene, dismissed by most critics, is exciting in a precise, stripped-down way. It gets an equal measure of audience applause in the theatres, presumably because of rooting interest in the father-son duo at the heart of the film...
...fact, it's hard to imagine why anyone would seek further academic diversion. Breathing the rarefied air of scholarly excellence as we do, discontent appears ungrateful, even unseemly. And yet, Veritas as a singular, ivy-shrouded aim can be stifling. While Harvard may boast the finest display of academic resources, it overlooks the possibility that undergraduates might want more than visiting privileges to the world's greatest museum of collected Knowledge, that under the traditional theme of "diversity within excellence," students might want to feel that they belong...
Harvard might boast a 7-2 record, but its opponents hold the edge in first downs, yards passing, total offense and return yardage...
First, the good news. The Red Raiders boast an offense that is virtually intact after last year's mediocre 9-12 ECAC campaign. Top scorer Gerard Waslen (14-5-19) is joined by Lowell MacDonald and Harold Duvall to form what should be a lively, if thin scoring corps. In addition, the return of Paul Jenkins and the arrival of four highly touted freshman ensures the Red Raiders will have a strong defense...
DEFENSIVE LINE: The Bruins boast one of the most underrated defenses in the entire league. Overall, Brown has picked up or picked off the ball nine more times than its offese has given it away. The defensive line is the heart of the defense, which has given up an average of less than three yards per carry and an average of 10 points per game...