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Brandeis is pretty much an unknown club. Coached by K.C. Jones, the one-time Celtic great, the Judges are sure to run a lot and play a pressing defense. They have a 6-11 center who developed fast enough last season to spark them to victories in nine of their last 12 games...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: New Hardcourt Coach Bob Harrison Building a Racehorse-Quick Squad | 11/27/1968 | See Source »

...banshee is a female Celtic spirit "a kind of half-witch," Mrs. Dunn explained to one student. The boy, a sophomore who was clearly a bit astounded by his first Sunday in a Harvard House, sighed and remarked, "It sure feels good to get rid of them...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Of Bagpipes, Bogles, and Banshees | 9/23/1968 | See Source »

...same Celtic trio spurred the Boston comeback in the Detroit series when the squad bounced back from a 2-1 deficit to three straight wins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celtics Will Defend Playoff Edge; Bruins Fight Montreal for 1st Win | 4/9/1968 | See Source »

...relief of Green Bay Packer, New York Yankee and Boston Celtic fans everywhere, the UCLA Bruins easily demolished Houston's first-ranked Cougars, 101-69, last night in the NCAA semi-finals at Los Angeles. The defending champion, UCLA muzzled Elvin Hayes & Co. with its famous zone press and got great rebounding from Lew Alcindor and solid shooting from Lynn Schackleford and Lucius Allen. The Bruins meet North Carolina for the title at 9:30 p.m. tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Draper Is 4th in NCAA Slalom; Carter Takes 10th in Downhill | 3/23/1968 | See Source »

...book that might very well have been written by an Anglo-Saxon chronicler about the 4th century A.D., just before the last Roman legion was to leave Britain; when Roman law was about to disappear and leave a crude, illiterate people to deal as best they could with Celtic chaos, superstition and the flickering light of Christianity. Modern Nigerians oppressed by a feeling of culture lag may optimistically reflect that the natives of Britain had in their future a Shakespeare, a St. Paul's Cathedral, and the will to build empires of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Short Notices: Nov. 10, 1967 | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

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