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Mimi and her parents dash out of the dining room before the champagne is gone to get into the receiving line. Mal Fitch and his twelve-piece band, fixtures on the Dallas debutante scene, strike up some Glenn Miller. The guests snake out of the ballroom, through the foyer, to the front door, where fleets of limousines are still depositing the newly arrived. The men emerge crisp in white or black tie; the women are elegant in gowns of every description, occasionally worn under the pelt of some endangered species...
...same time, those walls of parked cars hem in pedestrians, depriving them of living space and blurring the distinction between a street and a road. Explains Architecture Historian James Marston Fitch, who taught at Columbia for 30 years: "The road is a means of moving people and goods from where they are to where they want to get to; but a street is for people who are already where they want...
...first-round draft choice as a junior and signed as a senior for a reported $650,000 a year. That acquisition gave the Celtics the N.B.A.'s best pair of forwards, unselfish team players who value an assist as much as a score. Says Coach Bill Fitch: "We use an equal opportunity offense. That gives us a chance to give the ball to someone who's hot. Most of the time, we spread it over nine or ten people...
...final stanza began. Boston watched helplessly as the Rockets whittled the lead down to three. But Celtic coach Bill Fitch called a pair of key timeouts, the Bostons sat down and talked things over, and Mr. Bird decided to take control...
...question--the Rockets are 40-42, and the Celtics--62-20--already have 13 green and white banners hanging from the ceiling. The Rockets depend on one big man: the Cettics need Biru, but they have a truly great team. Del Harris sounds like a '50s rock star: Bill Fitch sounds like a basketball coach. And in the Celtic stands there's this man named Red Auerbach. And he'll be sitting in his box during four of the seven games...