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Word: captains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Conrad's Heart of Dark ness, translating the tale of savagery and evil from the Congo to Viet Nam. There, Marlon Brando, playing the Mr. Kurtz character, is a renegade Army colonel who has taken over a remote province and set up his own war against the Communists. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent to assassinate the rebellious Kurtz. The movie is already 1½ years behind its original release date and millions of dollars over budget. Coppola has gambled his own reputation and the considerable fortune he made from his Godfather movies on the film's success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Viet Nam Comes Home | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...Captain Geoff Stiles, who captured top honors in the pole vault and second in the high jump said yesterday. "I hope we turn it around next weekend in the Greater Bostons and the Penn Relays...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Dartmouth Nips Thinclads With Field Event Power | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...this Saturday), which might not be all that easy a task in light of the brief scare provided by the Elis. The Crimson started things off reasonably well when studly freshman attackman Norman Forbush hit his brother Bill for a goal in the first minute of play, and co-captain Jamie Egasti made it 2-0 a few minutes later with his tenth tally of the year. But before the Crimson could get any ideas about cooling out on a spring Saturday, Yale's John Piazza and Mike Devlin packed two goals into 1:11 to tie it at dueces...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Laxmen Quickstick Elis, 13-9; Crimson Raises Record to 7-2 | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...Penn's Panser Division. Dennis Karbach and Tom Olszak, touched Brown for back-to-back homers and re-knotted the score at nine. Two batters later Mike Derle ripped a single off Brown, the 15th hit that the senior captain had yielded in the contest, and forced Ron Stewart in from the bullpen. Stewart got the final out of the ninth and, consequently, the win to even his record...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Marshall Clouts HR; Quakers Fall, 11-9 | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

...captain Glen Fine said last night we need three things for a successful basketpall program: a new arena, a 6-ft. 10 in. anchor man, and another full-time coach. Harvard wants to make it with half an arena, a big forward and a part-time assistant...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Old Harvard and New Wave | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

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