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...Toronto streets, his mind a kaleidoscope of romantic flashbacks. Sherri is gone. But the game lives on, and the next night, with Toronto trailing by two goals late in the game. Duke strides down the runway at Maple Leafs Garden, patches things up with the coach, and enters the fray, presumably in time to turn the hat trick and save Toronto from elimination. Thankfully, we'll never know...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Winter Comes Early | 3/23/1972 | See Source »

...changed in college," she says. "Suddenly other challenges popped up." Now she has done so well that her career seems to hurt her chances for marriage. She points out that a number of men look at her apparently successful social and professional life and are afraid to enter the fray. On the other hand, she is more choosy, too. "Now, if a relationship doesn't look worth it, I just don't waste my time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A GALLERY OF AMERICAN WOMEN | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

...disgraceful about a fight on a gym court. First, each of the fights has developed into a hit-and-run battle, where a player swings and takes off down the court to hit the next unsuspecting player. Second, unlike hockey, fans have rushed the court to join in the fray...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: A Touch of Garlic | 1/28/1972 | See Source »

...Bros. Circus. Late in the last period at Madison Square Garden, New York's Vic Hadfield began trading punches with Toronto's Jim Harrison. Maple Leaf Goalie Bernie Parent skated to Harrison's assistance and was intercepted by Ranger Goalie Ed Giacomin. During the four-way fray, Parent's $150 custom-made mask was snatched off the ice and thrown into the stands. Enraged when fans refused to return the mask, Parent stalked off the ice. After a 30-minute delay and an unsuccessful search of the stands, Goalie Jacques Plante replaced Parent in the Maple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Third Man Out | 1/24/1972 | See Source »

Suddenly the peaceful demonstration turned into a brawl. Swarming out from a side street, a battalion of young hoods of the extremist Movement of the Revolutionary Left charged the demonstrators along the broad Avenida Providencia. As the leftists began throwing rocks, right-wing youths wearing hard hats entered the fray swinging wooden clubs. When shield-carrying carabineros finally moved in, they unaccountably aimed most of their tear gas and water cannon at the women. Scrambling in retreat, the marchers shouted "Assassins! Assassins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Empty Pots and Yankee Plots | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

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