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...final minutes thanks to a crucial shift in momentum earlier in the second half. Maine, trailing by three at halftime, deleted the deficit by running off a 15-5 run to start the period, a sequence capped by a spectacular put-back dunk by guard Chris Bruff over Cusworth which gave the Black Bears their largest lead at 44-37. Cusworth immediately responded. The 7’0 center took over down low, battling for advantageous position and demanding the ball from the guards. He began with a pair of free-throws and added three consecutive lay-ups, the last...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Black Bears | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

...final minutes thanks to a crucial shift in momentum earlier in the second half. Maine, trailing by three at halftime, deleted the deficit by running off a 15-5 run to start the period, a sequence capped by a spectacular put-back dunk by guard Chris Bruff over Cusworth which gave the Black Bears their largest lead...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Opens Season With Win Over Maine | 11/11/2006 | See Source »

...upending the independent counsel will not be easy, for both legal and political reasons. "There's a need for an independent conflict-of-interest investigation in the Executive Branch," says University of Texas Law Professor Harold Bruff. "The courts will recognize that need." The Administration, meanwhile, is in an awkward position. Attorney General Edwin Meese and other Reagan Justice Department officials have publicly opposed the special prosecutor, yet they may find it difficult to support North and Deaver without opening themselves to charges of fostering a cover-up. Says one Justice Department official: "In this political climate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking On the Prosecutors | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...Mackey conducted the budget-cuts decision-making probably exacerbated the problem, as supporters of every program from the planetarium to highway-safety training pleaded for hours at open meetings. "I am sure we heard all the reasons why we can't make any cuts in any program." John B. Bruff, chairman of the board of trustees, said at one of the sessions...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: To Serve the Masses? | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...COUNTRY CLUB by Nancy Bruff. 339 pages. Bartholomew House. $6.95. Worldly doings and undoings on and around a posh golf course. Pure tripe, but wait until you see the movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: One Week: The Literary Overflow | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

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