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After Fine squirmed down the lane for the opening bucket of the game, the Minutemen pulled ahead 12-4, and were to maintain their lead for the rest of the game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Massachusetts Spoils Crimson Hoop Openers | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

...episode of Laugh-In, Ol' Blue Eyes goes after splashier revenge-by pouring a can of green paint (actually, dyed Cream of Wheat cereal) over a Rona Barrett lookalike. The victim: Actress June Gable, who plays a gossip-caster named Ms. Groana on the show. "He dumped this bucket of slime and let it shlunk all over me," said Gable. "Then he came down from the scaffold and said, 'Hey, babe, are you all right?' " Gable had no hard feelings over the tint job: "He was very sweet and attentive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 31, 1977 | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...diminutive crown of 4985 (most of whom were either turned off by Monday Night Football in particular or the Red Wings in general) watched their Pistons pump out to an early 10-0 lead before Boston scored its first bucket four minutes into the opening quarter...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Pistons Overhaul Winless Celts, 100-85 | 10/25/1977 | See Source »

Despite the progress she and others have made thus far, Freitag said that she fears that these efforts "may be only a drop in the bucket," adding that "sometimes I get discouraged when I see the shelves and shelves of things that should be done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Library Books Crumble on the Shelf, Creating Need for Improved Facilities | 10/4/1977 | See Source »

Nelson, 44, is a survivor of the Nashville Country & Western mill who has become a near deity to fans of his gentle country rock. He broke into the honky-tonk circuit 20-odd years ago, playing broken-bottle clubs like the County Dump and the Bloody Bucket outside Fort Worth, where chicken wire protected the performers from airborne bottles. In 1960 he moved to Nashville and spent the next twelve years writing hits for other performers: Crazy for Patsy Cline, Hello Walls for Faron Young and standards like Funny How Time Slips Away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In the Heart of Honky-Tonk Rock | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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