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...NOTEBOOK: Regular scrum half Oberg returned to his old hooker position to replace the injured Rick Kief. Kief, who bruised his knee at wrestling practice, should be back in action next week. Former club president Jim Tovey filled in solidly for vacationing prop Bo Wilster-man. The squad missed "Doc" Halliday at second row (especially on lineouts) out with a hematoma on his knee...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Ruggers Blank Brown, Stay Unbeaten | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...what you might call the way to the altar inside of half an hour." In The Wide Net, a none-too-bright husband thinks his pregnant wife has drowned herself; an awkwardly large party is assembled to drag the Pearl River. Of course, no body is found, but Doc, who owns the net, pronounces himself pleased with the expedition: "I've never been on a better river-dragging, or seen better behavior. If it took catching catfish to move the Rock of Gibraltar, I believe this outfit could move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Life, with a Touch of the Comic | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...walking along in the changing-time,' said Doc. 'Any day now the change will come. It's going to turn from hot to cold, and we can kill the hog that's ripe and have fresh meat to eat. Come one of these nights and we can wander down here and tree a nice possum. Old Jack Frost will be pinching things up. Old Mr. Winter will be standing in the door. Hickory tree there will be yellow. Sweetgum red, hickory yellow ...' He went along rapping the tree trunks with his knuckle. 'Magnolia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Life, with a Touch of the Comic | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...cadets have turned in brilliant performances: quarterback Gerryl Bennett (42-82, .512, 566 yards and five touchdowns) and wide receiver Mike Fahnestock (18 catches for 311 yds, and three TDs). While this combo has a ways to go before it makes anyone forget the glorious wartime backfield of Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis, any Crimson hopes of victory must begin with the containment of this pair...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Gridders March to West Point | 10/4/1980 | See Source »

...nerves fire muscles into contraction; cartography to demonstrate the differences between organs and tissues-can be instructive. But analogies are used so lavishly that audiences may be subject to acute metaphoritis. The going occasionally gets so dense that the viewer is tempted to cry: "Give it to me straight, Doc. I can take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Potpourri of Special Fare | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

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