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...Acosta, an All-American in the midst of handball-ignorant Harvard, the finish was a bit disappointing. As the tournament's number-one seed, he had received a first-round bye. But then Acosta lost his opening match, going to an 11-point tie-breaker in the third and decisive set. "I kinda blew it," he said last night...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Acosta Places Fifth In NCAA Handball; Wins Consolations | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...Quaker Breaker...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Humble Penn in Shocker, 93-86 | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

...Harvard team returned to Cambridge with the fifth place trophy after a tie-breaker separated the six teams deadlocked in second place behind the first place finisher, University of Penn-sylvania...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Chessmen Mate in St. Louis | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

...Department of Labor last week issued an updated edition of its Dictionary of Occupational Titles, used primarily by employment counselors. The 5-lb. catalogue defines, and assigns a nine-digit index number to each of 20,000 job titles, including such esoterica as sword swallower (159.647-010), rock breaker (770.687-034) and brassiere-cup-mold cutter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Wanted: Bat Handler | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

With the new 3-4 defense choking off the long run and seamless zone defenses in the secondary denying all but the perfectly thrown pass, the big play is often the game-breaker in the N.F.L. this season. Often that play comes from the little men, especially on kickoff and punt returns. Many teams carry a diminutive run-back specialist on their rosters. As fearless as they are frail-looking, they await the ball amid the growing thunder of approaching tacklers. Momentarily obscured by a wall of blockers, they duck toward the sidelines in a suicidal dash toward glory. Johnson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Runts in the Big League | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

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