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Besides the talented Big Red squad (5-1 entering the game), the Crimson also had to contend with a chilling drizzle, swirling winds and the disadvantage of playing on Cornell's polyturf field. But despite game-long pressure from the opposition (Cornell racked up a 14-1 edge in corner kicks), the defense refused to crack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Booters Fight to Scoreless Tie | 10/11/1977 | See Source »

...just another thing for the Crimson to contend with as the team looks for a return to the win column against Cornell tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Linebacker Russo Lost for Season | 10/7/1977 | See Source »

...picked up Hughes in the desert and driven him back to Las Vegas-and Dummar has since admitted that his story was false. Even so, Hughes' old estranged lieutenant, Noah Dietrich, who is named in the will as executor, and Dietrich's Los Angeles attorney, Harold Rhoden, contend that the will is authentic. Next week a jury trial is scheduled to open in Las Vegas to decide on the validity of the Mormon will. If the will is declared to be a legal and binding document, Hughes' estate will be divided according to a complex formula among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Howard Hughes' Messy Legacy | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...series Soap well before the public had even seen the show. The ensuing fuss helped make last week's Soap premiere (TIME, Sept. 12) into something like a national event. And the campaign has only begun. Church strategists who have had a bootlegged look at future and, they contend, far sleazier episodes of Soap expect public antagonism to build steadily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: If the Eye Offend Thee | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

Yale (1-0, 2-0), the other defending co-champ, also had to contend with the elements in a 23-12 victory at home over hapless UConn. The Elis presented the Huskies with eight fumbles on the afternoon, surrendering six of them...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Bruins and Elis Continue Winning Ways | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

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