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Yale scored all of its points in the first half, 14 of them in the first quarter. Tailback Mike Austin scored from two yards out three minutes into the contest, and then took a breather and watched reserve tailback Ken Hill dart 17 yards on a fourth and two situation for Yale's second score of the quarter...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Ivy Roundup: Favorites Fall | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...autumn, is called It's Nice Day and Night and is laced with familiar themes: an adulterous affair, alienation, the triumph of good over evil. Of course, work demands some reward, and so, with the play completed, the playwright has left her Paris home for an August breather in Germany's Black Forest. "My head is empty at the moment," she says. "I just want to walk, walk, walk." And then of course there is a casino in Baden-Baden and, for her, gambling still casts a spell. Confesses Sagan: "Good God! Once fate leads you to these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 7, 1978 | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...shells brought down their strokes in the channel with Harvard in front by five seats. But the Crimson were just taking a breather while Syracuse was dying...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Heavies Roll to Sweep in Rough Water | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...After a breather-clear by the Crimson, B.U. broke in 3-on-2. Daryl Maceod shoved the puck over to Paul Miller on the right, and after the freshman was stopped by Hynes on his first two shots Mullen was there to loft the third rebound up and over the prone netminder...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Icemen Crawl, Brawl in Beanpot Loss | 3/2/1978 | See Source »

...After a breather on Monday due to GW's B-day, lectures will begin in earnest again on Tuesday with a colloquium given by Susan Carey, a Radcliffe Institute Fellow and assistant professor of Psychology at MIT, on "The Child as a Scientist," in the Agassiz House colloquium room at 3:30 p.m. If you are interested in a free meal, wine and cheese will be served following the talk...

Author: By Gideon Gil, | Title: The Bane of Our Futures | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

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