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...credibility of this tragic saga resides largely within the yawning disparity between its protagonists' ideals and the un-rosy urban reality with which Americans are only too familiar. While watching Enrique and Rosa crawl for miles through a tunnel to reach America, the viewer cannot help but shake his head over their delight upon spotting the light at the end. The odds are stacked miserably against them; but unaware of this fact, the two march almost inexorably toward despair...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Tunnel to Freedom? | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

Reserve J. J. Crawl swiped a pass near midcourt and hit a driving layup with three seconds remaining as West Virginia upset 17th ranked Oregon State, 64-62, in the first round of the NCAA Mideast Regional basketball tournament last night in Birmingham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 3/16/1984 | See Source »

...Crawl, who had missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw situation with 21 seconds left, stepped into the path of Alan Tait's pass intended for Charlie Sitton, and drove for the game-winning basket that eliminated the Beavers, who shared the Pac-10 championship with Washington...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 3/16/1984 | See Source »

...problem with the current goalpost structure is that "a student can crawl out onto the crossbar and create a large torque," said Frederick H. Abernathy, Gordon McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Aims to Improve Football Goalpost Safety | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...shook the building. We hit the ground and started edging toward the safest place in the apartment: a 6-ft.-long bathroom, away from any windows. As we huddled there, the clatter of M-16s and Kalashnikovs echoed off the walls of neighboring buildings. Now and then we would crawl on all fours to a window. Below us, the faint shadows of militiamen moved in the gathering darkness. Perhaps a mile out to sea, a U.S. Navy ship cruised past, a gray wolf on a gray sea beneath a hazy gray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Dodging the Bullets in Beirut | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

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