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...field events. Both Eddie Cape(22ft. 7 in. in the long jump) and George Ball (47 ft. 2 in. in the triple jump) should provide little competition for the Crimson's Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace (24 ft. and 50 ft.). The Tigers' pole vault and high jumping units do not boast of anything above 15 ft. and 6 ft. 7 in., so neither Blayne Heckel or Mel Embree has much to fear...

Author: By James J.cramer, | Title: Thinclads to Face Docile Tigers Today | 4/20/1974 | See Source »

...this large effect, the sense of an atmosphere and a mood, which Altman asserts is his primary goal. John Simon '46 has accused him of being a director who can boast of every great director's qualification of skill and sense--except that of having something to say. But Altman resists that intellectual demand: "I don't have anything to say to anybody except to show them what I see. I can't draw their conclusions," he told me. "Of course all the material is filtered through me, and is going to have some shape of mine, but that...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Movies for Mood or Money? | 4/17/1974 | See Source »

...Knicks, however, can only boast of Dave DeBusschere as a consistently good rebounder. In the final game against the Bullets, Knicks' Gianelli outrebounded Elvin Hayes 15-12, but Hayes dominated the series...

Author: By Gilbert A. Kerr, | Title: Celtics Crush Knicks, Travel to New York Tonight | 4/16/1974 | See Source »

Embree's feat makes Harvard the only school in New England to boast of producing two 7 ft. jumpers. Only John Thomas of Boston University, who owns the world record with a 7 ft. 6 in. leap, and Bill Rom of Holy Cross have cleared the mark from the New England area...

Author: By Gilbert A. Kerr, | Title: Embree Jumps to New Record; Clears 7ft. in Televised Meet | 4/11/1974 | See Source »

...Penny Stebbins, 34, of Branford, Conn., took special joy from the giant copper beech tree on the vacant lot next to her home. Majestically soaring 60 feet, the century-old tree had become a landmark for the area and a meeting place for lovers. A common boast around the neighborhood was that such trees live as long as 500 years. So when the lot's owners decided to build a house on the property and began cutting down the tree, Mrs. Stebbins launched a valiant holding action. Perhaps taking a hint from the premiere episode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Up a Tree | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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