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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...highsticking penalty at 15:10 of the third. Dartmouth killed off a furious B.U. power play and after that Dartmouth took control. Ric Mellum and Murphy of the Big Green both failed to score on breakaways in the last minute and a half, but the game was in hand as B.U.'s frazzled offensive failed to mount its scoring attack...

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Dartmouth and UNH Triumph, Reach ECAC Hockey Final | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...maintain such high levels of federal funding is through the imposition of spectrum fees--charged to those who use the "public" airwaves. The argument goes as follows: Public broadcasting, if properly funded, provides a vital, public service, producing enriching and artistically sound programs. Commercial television, on the other hand, produces some sort of inferior, mind-rotting drivel--all in the name of the advertising market. Because commercial broadcasters limit access to a valuable resource, they should help fund the public system. Spectrum fees will provide a politically insulated, long-term form of financing...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: A Little Too Scalpel Happy | 3/9/1979 | See Source »

Chinamano, who is the right-hand man of ZAPU's president, Joshua Nkomo, said yesterday the country needs complete decolonization, followed by a cease-fire and a meeting between all parties. He said the Front would submit to an internationally supervised election but not "by Smith's friend Hayakawa and (Sen. Jesse) Helms...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry, | Title: Patriotic Front Official Expects Liberation Soon | 3/9/1979 | See Source »

Vastola also uses a variety of psychological ploys to gain the upper hand over his opponent. At the beginning of each bout etiquette dictates that each fencer salute the director (referee) and his opponent with his blade. Vastola says "when I salute my opponent I give him a long, hard stare. It doesn't have to be too menacing and malicious although sometimes that helps too. You maintain eye contact. I remember earlier in the year against North Carolina seeing my opponent nervously avert my stare. That boosts my confidence and drains...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Fencing Captain Gene Vastola: Cool, Calm and Crafty | 3/7/1979 | See Source »

Vastola's performance and approach to the game have been an inspiration to the rest of the squad. Coach Zivkovic gives Vastola enormous credit. "In each sport the captain is the right-hand man of the coach. Gino is such a captain that I feel like I am his right arm instead of he mine. He is by far the best captain I've met in the U.S. and I've been involved in intercollegiate fencing for 20 years...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Fencing Captain Gene Vastola: Cool, Calm and Crafty | 3/7/1979 | See Source »

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