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Harvard kept within range in the first half Saturday, almost entirely because of Fleming and freshman forward Joe Carrabino, who combined for 30 of the team's 34 points. But the eight-point halftime deficit expanded gradually in the second stanza when the Quakers clamped down on Fleming. Carrabino lost the hot hand (he finished six for 15) and a Penn press leveled all hopes of a comeback...
...heavy meal; on arrival he must sign a form attesting that he does not have a cold, a skin irritation or a history of seizures or blackouts. Only then is he led to a private cubicle to begin the treatment. At Manhattan's Tranquility Tanks, this involves an eight-point countdown that includes a shower (herbal soap and shampoo), entering the tank ("Have a wonderful float") and a cryptic sendoff: "Stay with your experience, come out easy and let the water drain off the back of your head...
Banisadr did, however, manage to have talks with scores of prominent Azerbaijanis. In one session with 30 mullahs, he was presented with an eight-point resolution demanding that all government appointments in the region be vetted by Sharietmadari and that secular curbs be placed on the near dictatorial powers given Khomeini under Iran's new constitution. A mullah then rose and recounted acts of brutality committed in Tabriz by the revolutionary guards. Whereupon all the other mullahs wept profusely...
Fine, Donald Fleming, and Hooft all notched baskets in the last minute, but Cornell kept adding points at the free throw line to prevent Harvard from coming any closer than the eight-point margin that separated the teams at the buzzer...
With captain Glenn Fine controlling the ball for the Crimson and setting the tempo, Harvard built an eight-point lead midway through the first stanza. The Bruins' Chuck Mack sunk several long-distance jumpers to keep the offensively impotent Brown five in the ball game. Mack's effort, along with 88 per cent team accuracy from the charity stripe brought the Bruins to within three, 33-30, as the opening period came to a close...