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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conference, the Cambridge-based Assassination Information Bureau, and a few selected assassination experts, none of those present had ever seen the man with the gun, despite the fact that many of them had viewed the film literally hundreds of times. This was brought home by the unanimous gasp of horror as the frame with the gunman dominated the screen. He had apparently remained unnoticed by the Warren Commission as well, although it had held the film as evidence while making its inquest. According to filmmaker Robert Groden, the unidentified gunman was just spotted earlier this year with...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Puzzles Surround Kennedy Assassinations | 2/21/1975 | See Source »

When the young anthropology assistant burst into the campsite in Ethiopia's remote Awash Valley, he was so excited that he could hardly gasp out the news. Only five minutes' walk from the tents, he had just spotted a completely intact human-like jawbone sticking out from under a layer of volcanic rock on the shore of a dry lake. Alemayehu Asfaw figured that the fossil was at least as old as the rock-and the rock had already been dated as more than 3 million years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Oldest Man? | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

DARTMOUTH-PENNSYLVANIA-The last gasp for Penn's great duo of Marty Vaughn and Adolph Bellizeare. Exactly what happened to the Quakers this year may never be known, but they certainly weren't the contender most people thought they would be. A good game, as the pride of both teams is at stake. Penn 24, Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Closing Out a Good Year | 11/23/1974 | See Source »

With victory now clearly within its grasp, the Bruin offense made one last-gasp attempt to give the game away. A third down fumble by halfback Mike Sokolowski was grabbed by Harvard's Joe Sciolla, setting the Crimson offense up at the Brown 24 with 1:09 left in the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Devastating Weekend Study in Brown | 11/18/1974 | See Source »

...whether his greatest technical feat, the showstopping, leg-beating skitter across the stage called a brisê, was dramatically justified. "Do you think it made a bad impression?" he asked after the show. "The interpretation is mine, but the step is in the ballet. It's the last gasp of a soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Bravo, Baryshnikov! | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

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