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...first car they grab is stopped for breaking the speed laws-too slow. The next belongs to the officer who made the collar-an earnest highway patrolman named Slide (Michael Sacks), whose lectures on police procedures, vehicular maintenance and the prevention of marital discord make him first a hostage, then an accomplice. Captain Tanner (Ben Johnson), the cop who organizes the comical pursuit of the miscreants, must ride herd on his trigger-happy associates. He must also keep the inevitable crowds of reporters and television crewmen from turning events into a media circus. In neither endeavor is he entirely successful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cross-Country Circus | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...unfortunate circumstances which surround the Harvard and Radcliffe students are as integrated as the corporate bureaucracy could possibly create: Questions (specifically in Chem 20) are a mark of the student's stupidity, only stylized rhetoric affirming the bias of course administrations is acceptable as independent thought, and students grab ahold of Harvard's "brand" name and distinguished institutions (e.g., the Pudding) as the last thread of an identity. The problem is that this is not a school, it is a corporation. The school is run for the corporation and not the reverse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNEQUAL ADMISSIONS | 4/12/1974 | See Source »

...weld into a formidable force. With Ernie D. directing traffic and starting plays with pinpoint passes behind his back and through his legs, McMillian and McAdoo dropping in soft 15-ft. jump shots, Smith darting through the defense to score on lay-ups and Heard outmus-cling opponents to grab rebounds, the Braves are averaging 111.6 points a game-the best offensive record in the league. (Statistically, they rank near the bottom of the league, allowing 111 points.) Jack Marin, one of the best shooters in the game, can come off the bench to pour a dozen points through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Braves' New World | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

...free: Defending champion Trembley has not broken into the top ten nationally in the event all year long, and is vulnerable. His team, Tennessee, will pick up lots of points regardless. Tim Neville won the Easterns in 21.3 and he has a good shot to grab a couple of points in the consolations...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Swimmers Head for the West Coast, NCAAs | 3/28/1974 | See Source »

...free: John Kinsella of Indiana has won the event the last three years, but Olympic martyr Rick DeMont has a good shot. Tetlow lost to Haydon at the Easterns but should grab a couple of points, if he can come up with a closing kick...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Swimmers Head for the West Coast, NCAAs | 3/28/1974 | See Source »

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