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...Harvard fired off another burst to grab the lead a second time. In less than 10 seconds MacKenzie scored twice. First he scooped up a ground ball at the right sideline and streaked unmolested to the crease for an easy score. He then converted on a beautiful pass from Sandy White off the ensuing face-off to give Harvard a 6-5 lead...
...second-seeded Goolagong followed up her deep top-spinning drives with perfectly placed vollies to grab the straight set victory in less than an hour. Goolagong now stands as the clear favorite of the tourney with both Evert and Martina Navratilova (sprained wrist) relegated to the sidelines...
...hurled themselves into those costumes in the back lobby of the theater for the popcorn ballet. The lightening quick change was an art--wigs off, costumes off, leotards bare, popcorns on; each actress had a dresser to help her and each reached her mark just barely on time. They grabbed their "shells" as two actors rushed by to grab "flames." The audience went wild. Four minutes later, the process shifted into an equally-frenzied reverse...
...University grounds, they are less likely to be arrested on disorderly conduct charges than Cambridge teenagers are. "I can arrest a youth from Cambridge for trespassing," Murphy says. "I've done it before and I think it's good. When a student is drunk, I'll just grab his roommate and tell him to take the drunk student home to Mather House or wherever he's going." In winter, he says, the problem is less severe than in the spring, when students gather by the river to drink beer...
Psyched-up Harvard jumped to a 59-56 lead in overtime, but Dartmouth rallied to go ahead 64-62 in the final minute. Booker made his last grab at the hero's mantle with 30 seconds left, pumping in a short jumper to tie the game yet another time...