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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yaworski's tally brought the score to 4-2, and came 1:13 after the first of two third-stanza power play tallies by Rick Benson brought the icemen to within one for the third time in the contest. Benson scored again at 17:58, but a bench minor to Harvard with 48 seconds left dashed all dreams of overtime...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Huskies Conquer Icemen, 5-3, Leave Crimson 2-6 in ECAC | 1/5/1979 | See Source »

Bailey's a damn good lawyer, but he did a lousy job...just execrable...It's pretty hard to sue a lawyer for malpractice, for an error in judgement...He made the worst mistake in the world when he got into a spitting contest with his client; a lawyer never can win that. There are some things people won't forgive you for saying about your former client. But he's one of the best in the country...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Casus Belli | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson carries a 2-5 ECAC slate into tomorrow night's contest on Huntington Ave., and with five Division One games in January, Harvard must win at least three to stay in contention for the post-season playoffs...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Hugheses Sidelined vs. N.U. | 1/3/1979 | See Source »

Game, set and match for Nastase in the contest of theatrics, but unfortunately for the dashing vulgarian, they were playing tennis with a ball last week in the sultry heat of Montego Bay, Jamaica. And McEnroe, once he settled down, was magnificent, defeating Nastase in three sets, his first tournament victory over the old campaigner. For his two hours of work at the World Championship Tennis Challenge Cup, McEnroe earned $10,000, raising his earnings to over $200,000 since he dropped out of Stanford University just six months ago, gave up washing his own socks and turned pro with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: His Own Worst Enemy | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...other good reasons to be pleased. On the previous weekend, his temper well under control, he had led the U.S. team to victory over the British in the Davis Cup matches in Rancho Mirage, Calif, winning two singles without losing a set and overwhelming Buster Mottram in the key contest. No one in the 68 years of competition for the Cup had ever taken two singles matches so decisively in the finals. The win was the first in six years for the American team, which has been shunned by top pros, such as Jimmy Connors, who prefer to play elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: His Own Worst Enemy | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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