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...Boston Celtics used a balanced attack to beat the heralded Denver Nuggets, 112-108, while John Havlicek tied Hal Green's NBA record by playing in his 1222 regular season game. At Landover, Md., the Boston Bruins overpowered the hustling but hapless Washington Capitals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celtics, Bruins Bag Wins | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

...triumphant strains of Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, Ewa stuffs her illegitimate child down an outhouse hole, pull a love-sick count by the nose all the way to Paris, and finally succumbs to a shifty-looking criminal who uses her charms to defraud the hapless count. "Isn't this going too far? we begin to wonder...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: A Zhivago That Sizzles | 11/16/1976 | See Source »

...summit, the six-Khalid, Sheik Sabah as Salim as-Sabah of Kuwait, the Presidents of Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, and Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat-had hammered out an agreement that will strengthen Syria's hand as a peacemaker in Lebanon and drastically reduce the fighting power of the hapless Palestinians. Leaders on both sides in the Lebanon fighting hailed the deal as a promising start. "It's the best that could be had under the circumstances," said Lebanese Premier Rashid Karami. As the truce hour approached one morning last week and the first guns went silent, a rainbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEBANON: Syrians Win and Palestinians Lose | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

...straight games for the National League pennant. By the time they took the field against the American League's Designated Luddites, the New York Yankees, they were playing for their place in the pantheon of the game's great teams. When the four-game sweep of the hapless Yanks was over, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chilling the Yankees | 11/1/1976 | See Source »

With 11 minutes left in the second stanza, Mlezcko slapped in her second score as the contest became a rout. At this point the Radcliffe attack increased its control of the listless Jumbo defense, while its hapless opponents failed to capitalize on the 'Cliffe's numerous defensive lapses...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: Tufts Succumbs To Stickwomen In 4-0 Laugher | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

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