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Which included a new NCAA foul-shooting record. The Crimson hit 34 of 39 against the Lions to finish the season with an .822 mark from the line...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: It's All Over for Second Place Cagers | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

Congress has made efforts to limit fundraising free-for-alls, but, for every campaign finance limitation, political operatives seem to have dreamed up a way to get around it. And while many purists cry "foul play" from the sidelines, Republicans operatives are out-soliciting and out-spending their counterparts by often staggering margins...

Author: By George S. Canellos, | Title: The Buck Starts Here | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...point a Brown fan decided the officiating needed some inspiration, so he blew his own whistle loudly enough to stop play. Threatened with a technical foul and a police monitor, the Bruin fans quickly settled into virtual silence...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The Twilight Zone | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...other foul-ups ended more satisfactorily. Left untethered in the cargo bay, a foot restraint was accidentally jogged and began floating away in space. "We can go get it," McCandless volunteered. But Commander Brand, exercising caution, immediately replied: "No, no, no, no." Instead, he maneuvered the shuttle toward the fleeing bit of hardware until McCandless could reach out and snare it. The balletic catch brought applause from the Houston controllers. McCandless was pleased too. Improvising on a slogan of an earlier shuttle crew, he joked, "We deliver, but we pick up also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Orbiting with Flash and Buck | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

Like many things, including certain lectures, Moore's performances seemingly run in groups of three. After an initial series of successes in Foul Play, 10, and his masterpiece, Arthur, Moore fizzled in Six Weeks, Lovesick and Romantic Comedy. (A biblical satire, Wholly Moses, remains in a class, or lack thereof, all by itself) with any luck, then, Unfaithfully Yours marks the start of a new series of successes. Currently shooting Best Defense with Supercomic Eddie Murphy. Moore has given at least one reason here to expect still more laughs...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Hilarious Marriage | 2/17/1984 | See Source »

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