Word: duked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...penance for giving the world Mandingo. Fleischer has staged the film's many chase scenes and sword fights in his characteristically witless manner, but at least he keeps the narrative rolling noisily along. He also makes the most of his mishmash of a cast. Rex Harrison (as the Duke of Norfolk) and Oliver Reed (as Miles Hendon) are endearing good guys; George C. Scott's dry impersonation of a vagabond king is the best thing in the film...
Four Villanova players each scored 19 or more to down rival LaSalle, 103-97, in a shooting spree. Indiana's Butch Carter hit on three free throws in the last 30 seconds of the game to edge Furman, 63-62. Duke came from behind to nip a scrappy URI five, 63-62, while Utah held on to beat Missouri, 86-79, in two overtimes...
...NCAA basketball championships are beginning this weekend, although the fun won't really start until next week when there will be too many games to watch. Sunday afternoon the four games are Rhode Island-Duke, Furman-Indiana, Penn-St. Bonaventure, and Villanove-LaSalle. Consult listings in your newspaper for time and station...
...tenor today, he can do a great many things wonderfully well. Some of them, like spinning out a legato line or singing a high C, are displayed in La Favorita. As an actor Pavarotti can be funny or tragic (both in La Bohème), or a careless aristocrat (the Duke in Rigoletto). But with his native wit and musical intelligence, Pavarotti cannot act dumb. Unfortunately, that is required of Fernando, the hero of La Favorita...
...Duke vs. Rhode Island...