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...feeling as that last-second loss to Dartmouth (of all bogus teams) that put us out of the playoffs in '77, the same helplessness I felt while watching George and Jackie try to defend both Crimson pride and clean play against the whole B.U. team in last spring's donnybrook...
Last week's House debate was a classic donnybrook, not just between Democrats and Republicans but also between free-spending liberals and hard-fisted conservatives, between Congressmen who want to cut military spending in favor of social welfare and those who want the exact opposite. Serving as a referee of sorts was Giaimo, 58, whose job was to ensure that no one could force through an amendment greatly changing the overall figures worked out by the Democratic leadership...
Worse than violence, though, was the injury list. Co-captain Bobby Mellen may not be available for the Cornell donnybrook, thanks to the mauling of his shoulder received at the hands of a Bruin laxman. Attackman Billy Forbush and midfielder Terry Trusty also took their licks at Providence, while stellar defenseman Haywood Miller remains seriously hurt and Jim Ossyra and Frank Prezioso are less than 100 per cent...
...avoid a losing season for the first time since the 1966-67 campaign, and first under Coach Billy Cleary and 2) to win a game without the services of the talented Hughes Brothers and winger Murray Dea, all of whom were suspended for the final game following the donnybrook with...
...easy for Sanchez as he survived two marathon matches to advance to the finals. On Sunday morning, he defeated top seed and defending champion Tom Page, 8-15, 15-14, 15-12, 10-15, and 15-11. That same afternoon he bested the fourth seed Jay Nelson in another donnybrook...