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...There are only five attractive girls in this House," one writer suggested. "Who?" asked a second. A third modest entrant added "Me, for one." However, she declined to sign her name...
Born in 1939 as an exclusive eight-team cotillion, the tournament guaranteed each entrant $750 and expenses in 1940, compared with the $1 million assured all four schools in New Orleans. Throughout the '40s, the rival National Invitation Tournament was more prestigious. In 1949 vaunted Kentucky lost in the first round of the N.I.T. but won the N.C.A.A. championship. Eventually, the field was expanded to 16, 22, 25, 32, 40, 48, and, two years...
...Krayer will take time off from the Harvard squad to play with the U.S. junior national team, and won't return to the Crimson until mid-January...UMD has "Power-Play" jackpot contest for the team's fans. As in professional baseball teams' Home Run Derbies, an entrant who correctly guesses the Bulldog to score on a particular power-play wins the jackpot. The award, which stood at $70 for the Harvard game, goes up $10 each time nobody wins...
...Ritchie film that satirized beauty pageants. The narrative, centering on girls who are strangers, inevitably lacks complex relationships and love interest. Moreover, it is difficult to write a parody much funnier than the real Miss America proceedings. And it is hard to keep audiences interested in the climax -- which entrant will win -- after repeatedly telling them it shouldn't matter. Curiously, Smile works. It is a swift-paced, skillfully performed and thoroughly professional entertainment that balances amusement at the shallow ambitions of the characters with respect for the depth of their feelings. Composer Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) and Author...
...Eagles barely tested Harvard's second-period entrant in net, freshman goalie Suzy Carter. Carter made five saves and yielded only one goal, on a shot from B.C.'s Amy Brown in the final minutes of the third period...