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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...maintain the pace for the rest of the season, he will pass Bill Walton (who shot 65.1 % in his three years at U.C.L.A.) as the most efficient college scorer ever. The entire team benefits from Miller's tightly controlled play: Oregon State's 57.5% field-goal clip this year is the highest in N.C.A.A. history. Says Guard Ray Blume:"Coach Miller's theory is that if you pass the ball once and get a man open at 15 ft., then pass it two more times and you'll have a man open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pass Masters of the Game | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...unemployed (but rich) one of the major prerequisites for victory. To know anything is less important than to be known. The low arts of making deals and trading favors have been replaced by what perhaps may be the even lower arts of media manipulation and the 90-second film clip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Reform the System | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

Much of the 24 point victory margin can be explained with a quick look at shooting percentages. While Princeton shooters--most notably Steve Mills and Craig Robinson--sizzled the twines at a 29-47, 61.7 per cent clip, the Crimson took as many shots (48), but hit only a pitiful 37.5 per cent...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Princeton Tigers Embarrass Hoopsters | 2/17/1981 | See Source »

Corporate headquarters is a complex of drab brick buildings near an Atlanta airport taxiway. Some of the executive offices have linoleum tile, not a Bigelow, on the floor. The company even boasts of "zero paper-clip attrition" because it strips the clips from incoming mail rather than buying new ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flying Highest | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...forward Tom Lavelle--who currently averages 12.3 points a game--leads all Merrimack scores. The rebounding leader is 6-ft. 5-in, forward Jack Uhlar, who crashes the boards at a 5.9 rebounds per game clip...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Setting Sights On Seventh Straight Win; To Meet Div. II Merrimack | 2/7/1981 | See Source »

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