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...backs the Parkers' whiskey-making project. A one-time killer, he poses a direct threat to the family, for their business arrangement makes him their master. Blue should be detached, evil, and frightening, but his threats are simply deranged and anti-social. David Wilkins's awkward handling of his cane and sunglasses, ostensibly affected to make him cool and scary, only compounds the problem...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Mama Died on 126th Street | 3/21/1974 | See Source »

Junior Dave Brumwell claimed three firsts, and provided much of the meet's excitement. He swam on the medley relay team, and then defeated freshman teammate Brent Haywood by a slim second in the 200-yd. individual medley. Brumwell completed his triple by besting Dartmouth's Paul Cane by only .3 seconds in the 200-yd. breastroke...

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: Swimmers Splash by Dartmouth, 80-33 | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

...other events, sophomores are expected to provide much of the scoring punch for the Big Green. Mark Stebbins, a freestyle sprinter, backstroker Kim Windreth, and breaststroke specialists Paul Cane and Dave Magnus all enjoyed outstanding freshman seasons. Tim Hable in freestyle and Ted Pollard in breaststroke are this year's top freshman prospects...

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: Swimmers Open Season Against Dartmouth; Crimson Prepared for Talented Green Squad | 12/1/1973 | See Source »

With his ornate cane, his velvet clothes, his rich Englishman's air of snootiness, Rivington's manner alone would have made him a hate object for 1773's scruffy liberal patriots. But he was also a helluva writer, and his witty barbs and protective air toward the Tory community drove the patriots to hysteria...

Author: By Les Whitten, | Title: Ominous Parallels for a Free Press | 11/27/1973 | See Source »

...should portray me," Riggs told Flamini at one point. "I like that role." Flamini faced the lovable rogue on the tennis court one day, but did not last long; he fell during the warmup, badly twisting his ankle, and spent the rest of the time using a cane to keep up with his overactive subject. "Riggs will outclass Billie Jean King in their match at the Astrodome," he predicts, "but I would be more confident if he had gone into training earlier instead of living it up in Beverly Hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 10, 1973 | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

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