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Yale finally sunk the Crimson when Eli guard Gavin Jackson toed the foul line with 26 seconds reamining. Harvard coach Buddy O'Neil put pressure on Jackson by calling for a break in play to let the Bulldog ponder his attempts. But Jackson was not affected by the brief pause and canned two free-throws to shelve the fresh-men, whose record now rests...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay, | Title: Elis Edge Cagers, 74-69, Beaulieu Leads With 30 | 2/12/1977 | See Source »

Yale had sprinted to a 10-2 lead in the initial period with their deft passing and fast-breaking style of play. Diminutive Eli Larry Zigerelli zigged down the court on two consecutive three-on-one breaks to dazzle the Crimson...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay, | Title: Elis Edge Cagers, 74-69, Beaulieu Leads With 30 | 2/12/1977 | See Source »

Taylor is certain of his role as the new Eli mentor injects life into the Bulldogs. He said there is an expectation of things being different when a new coach takes over. "I'm a firm believer in attitude. My first goal was to change the losing attitude of Yale hockey...

Author: By Carl A. Esterhay, | Title: Coach Taylor Puts Bite in Bulldogs | 1/28/1977 | See Source »

...that Kevin Shaw had to play an ambidextrous Eli who hit both left handed and right-handed forehands in that match...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Best and Worst of '77: Should Old Acquaintance Etc. | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

McCann is sentimental when he calls Eli Black's suicide and the decline of United Fruit a tragedy. He has fastened onto the right image, but for the wrong people: it is unlikely that many tears were shed in Tegucigalpa. Black's plunge from the Pan American Building was the fall of the patriarch, the bringing to earth of the gods; it marks the era of United Fruit's demythification. This book shows that the times has passed in which the company and its work could only be described in fiction or polemic. It is time for a real historian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bananas | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

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