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First prize for the Best Individual Costume at the professional level goes without question to Fran Tarkenton, who looked more like a Lebanese dermatologist than a quarterback on Super Bowl Sunday. Fran had the advantage of working on his costume ahead of time, boning up for Sunday's dismal performance with a passing day in the NFC championship game two weeks earlier that was almost as bad. It was a Jekyll-Hyde job without peer...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Super Bowl, Brown Hockey Highlight Weekend Costume Party | 1/11/1977 | See Source »

...Fran Tarkenton's near misses to Chuck Foreman caused something close to cardiac arrest for many there

Author: By Marcela L. Davison, | Title: Lamont Collects Crowds Despite Super Bowl Lure | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...whole game, though, is the legendary man in purple, Viking quarterback Fran Tarkenton. Tarkenton--who holds NFL records for total passing yardage(41,798), touchdowns(308) and completions(3186)--has 16 years of experience and should finally guide Minnesota to a national championship...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: All This and Football Too... | 1/7/1977 | See Source »

SMALL CHANGE. François Truffaut's loving, lyrical and often surprisingly funny tribute to the spunky spirit of childhood-the movie is also a reminder that if it is to survive, it sometimes needs a little help from adults who can remember what being a kid was like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Year's Best | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

...most international oil companies are tied by long-term contracts to particular supplying countries. Says Phillipe Laurance, an executive of Compagnie Française des Pétroles: "It's difficult to stop buying oil from a country just because it charges higher prices. You may find out later on that you're going to need to buy from that country again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Battle of the Barrels Begins | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

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