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That shook up the Olympians enough. The all-Providence College line of Kurt Kleinendorts, Paul Guav and Rich Costello put heavy pressure on Harvard right away. And at the 13:04 mark of the period, Sampson, passing from Blair's left, set up Covey Millen with a pass across the slot. Millen shot the moment he took it; tie score. Three of his teammates scored on the same play before the final siren...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Olympians Pound Crimson Icemen | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...showing me illustrated pillows next. O.K., there's the fiasco of Chi-Chi and An-An, who couldn't get it on at the Moscow Zoo a few years back. But would you be relaxed on a honeymoon in Moscow? As for Washington, a covey of environmentalists has been invited to meet me and have some wine and cheese. And after my first date with wingding, they're planning a round-the-clock watch by volunteer voyeurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Enough with the Jokes, Already | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

...capitalize on the new opportunities at hand in the best entrepreneurial tradition of their Scotch-Irish forebearers. Scott has emerged as the Crimson's second leading tackler this year despite missing the Penn game with a slight shoulder separation. John has caught 12 passes this season--including a covey of circus of grabs. What's more, he has snagged a touchdown pass in each of Harvard's last three games...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The M(a)cLeod 'Brothers': Nos. 23 and 43 Are OK | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

Jumping is status blind. The sport includes bankers and physicians, lawyers, grocery clerks, house painters, schoolteachers, coal miners and college students. Jock Covey, Henry Kissinger's ex-aide and now chief of the State Department's Israel desk, has 725 jumps. Wolfgang Halbig, 31, a University of Dusseldorf urologist, with 1,200 jumps, is one of 15 Germans here. "When you freefall, it doesn't matter whether you clean the road or you're a doctor," he says. "You just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Catch a Falling Snowflake | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...freshman football practice was a crossroads in the career of Bat Masterson for another reason. All through high school he had played either safety or cornerback. However, when the freshman gridders began to group themselves by position, Masterson noticed there were eight players at safety and a covey of cornerbacks. "There were only three guys at adjustor so I lined up there," he recalls nonchalantly. Three years later, as a senior, Bat Masterson is the starting adjustor for the Crimson eleven...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Tom Masterson: Crimson's Fastest Draw | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

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