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Brown, unbeknownst to the referees skated the last thirty seconds with seven men on the ice in a last ditch attempt to make the score look respectable. No such luck...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Icemen Upend Scrappy Brown Six, 6-2 | 3/1/1973 | See Source »

...Services of this type are generally not very functional," Whitla said. "There is no documented proof that last-ditch cram courses improve test scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whitla Asserts 'Cram' Courses Are Ineffective | 2/27/1973 | See Source »

Financial problems plaguing two Harvard Square restaurants have forced one to close temporarily and another to institute some last-ditch changes to avert a shutdown...

Author: By Richard H. P. sia, | Title: Hazens Closes; Hungry Charley's May Follow | 2/24/1973 | See Source »

Hungry Charley's restaurant, on the verge of becoming the second Harvard Square restaurant to close within two months, will institute new policies next week in a last-ditch effort to avoid financial doom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hungry Charley's May Close; Manager Cites Steady Losses | 2/22/1973 | See Source »

Where there are no self-firing weapons, second and third fences have been laid behind the frontier barrier with buried mines and a deep concrete-plated ditch between them. This type of fortification is intended to prevent a favorite escape maneuver: crashing through the barricade with a heavy car. Along certain sections of the border, the fences farthest away from the frontier are now equipped with electrified barbed wire that, when touched, alerts nearby border-control posts by optical and acoustical signals. Floodlights along populated sections of the frontier have long afforded West Germans a permanent panorama of escape attempts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: EAST GERMANY'S BORDER BARRIERS | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

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