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Soccer coach George Ford lives in Rhode Island, but don't be surprised if you see him muttering some choice words about his home state under his new Fu Manchu moustache. Rhode Island began plaguing him earlier this month when several players suffered injuries at the St. George's School training camp, and the torment continued Saturday in Kingston as a strong University of Rhode Island club downed the Crimson...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: URI Downs Crimson, 2-0, Despite Herold's Efforts | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...Asian moviemaking world whose output is prodigious by Hollywood standards but who is seldom seen in the U.S. (Shashi did play opposite Hayley Mills in Pretty Polly.) For the most part, that is just as well. No other region of the world produces such a concoction of Kung Fu, scifi, porn, soapers, chasers and period pieces with such uneven degrees of tackiness and brilliance. From India to Japan, the film studios of Asia churn out more than 1,200 pictures a year, the work of moguls like Hong Kong's Run Run Shaw (see box) and one-shot entrepreneurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Asia's Bouncing World of Movies | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

...Hong Kong to Jakarta, plus thousands more in Chinatowns around the world. Shaw Brothers grind out 40 titles a year (newest crop: Black Magic, Killer Clans, Five Shaolin Masters)−a sort of column A, column B menu of Oriental weepers with suicidal beauties, or Eastern Westerns featuring Kung Fu Mandarins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Empire of Run Run Shaw | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

Another senior, Larry Fu, said yesterday he felt the co-captains' different personalities would appeal to all members of the team. "Harvard fencing has lacked cohesiveness because the sport is so individualistic," he said. "Simmons and Major should bring it together...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: Fencers Pick Simmons, Major... | 3/17/1976 | See Source »

...Japan what baseball is to America: a national pastime. Japanese newspapers sponsor millions in prize money for Go each year. Children train from infancy to become Go masters. The top Go player in the world--who holds the same rank that Bruce Lee held in "kung fu"--rakes in a six-figure salary. In Japan, Go is where the money...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Cafeteria 'GO' Players Gather Vast and Inscrutable Wisdom | 2/12/1976 | See Source »

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