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Confronted with the facts, Bateman breaks down and confesses. "I'm glad the charade is over," he says, a soft drawl replacing his assumed New England accent. "I knew the transfers from UTEP to Vermont to Brown were too easy. "Rather than take the forfeit, Harvard votes to play the second half and fired by Bateman's absence, puts together a dazzling comeback. With 00:22 on the clock Mike Lynch connects for the winning field goal from inside the 25-yard line. An undisguised Brown student attempts to run into the drum, but misses. Harvard...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Flanders Fields | 10/30/1975 | See Source »

When Ryan, 28, first came up to the majors seven years ago with the New York Mets, potential was all he had. "I was in the big leagues because of my arm, not because I could pitch," he recalls in a languorous Texas drawl. "My idea of pitching was to throw as hard as you could." That he did, walking batters by the dozen. His difficulties were not eased by chronic blisters on his pitching fingers or long stints in the bullpen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Throwing Smoke | 6/2/1975 | See Source »

Martial Arts. On the bridge, Captain James Scott, 48, the Forrestal's skipper and a former fighter pilot, watched the thunderous flight deck activities below with a cheerful scowl: "We can do this with a 200-ft. ceiling and three-quarter-mile visibility," he said in his Alabama drawl. "That's badass. We don't like it, but in a crunch we have that capability, even at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDITERRANEAN: Strong Fleet Without Friends | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

...singin' is believin' "and it's almost as if her album is the dream she's leading you into after she has put you to sleep. There are moments on the album when the songs seem to fit together as nicely as a string of dreams. The slow western drawl promising to take you away "across the wide open sheets of the prairie" leads into a faster country tune, "Racing Boat," that hinges on escape. But this time Waldman is running away from the blues. There's a noticeable difference, though, between the quality of lyrics here and in Mitchell...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: Searching for the Queen of Hearts | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

Jeanie Guyton lowers her round blue eyes, flashes her shy smile, and, in a soft, breathless Southern drawl, confesses. "I guess I'm not really a women's libber at all. Except as far as sports are concerned...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: Captain of Two 'Cliffe Teams Talks About Women, Athletics | 3/27/1975 | See Source »

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