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...They're a tough but inexperienced team," said captain Dale Dover, who could become the leading all-time scorer if he continues scoring as he has the past two seasons. "We'll have a height and depth advantage on them, though, and because of that I think we'll take them," he said...

Author: By Jonathan P. Carlson, | Title: Improved Crimson Will Face B.U. In Beanpot Basketball Tournament | 12/1/1970 | See Source »

THREE INCHES is such a wretched height to be: Exactly halfway through the film. ( Elvis: That's the Way It Is. ) At midpoint. That is to say, at the very heart of the matter: Elvis up there singing, singing. Love, love me do. When suddenly he begins to shrink. Say from 18 feet down to about three. The screen shatters into a half-dozen other, simultaneous, images. Up left, an exterior shot of Las Vegas' International Hotel. By day, a pretty dull affair, not to be compared with Caesar's or the Sands. But by night! ELVIS. In mile-high...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Amerikultcha And Elvis Went Into The Desert... | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

...cast passes around a Styrofoam letter J. Each one repeats, "J," until the object reaches Cookie Monster. He booms: "D." The cast choruses: "D?" Monster: "Licious!" And he eats it. Guest teachers drop in all the time. Laugh-ln's Arte Johnson, in his traditional German helmet, discusses height: "Tall people bump their heads a lot and short people don't." Carol Burnett describes the various virtues of the nose, forgets one, and then remembers­just in time to sneeze. James Earl Jones recites the alphabet­so slowly that the kids impatiently shout the letters at the screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Who's Afraid of Big, Bad TV? | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

...self-flagellation. Besides economic progress, there are several other important signs that China's rulers have finally cast off the demons of the Cultural Revolution and are committed to a period of relative calm and consolidation. After calling home all but one of its 42 ambassadors during the height of the frenzy, Peking has reassigned 28 to its embassies abroad. Relations were established with Canada in October, and last week with Italy (see box, page 43). Some time soon, Premier Chou En-lai is expected to make his first trip outside Asia in five years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: China: The Siege of the Ants | 11/16/1970 | See Source »

...until he was awarded a 4-F classification, while a married registrant succeeded in convincing doctors that his wife would go crazy in his absence. The prize for determination goes to a six-footer who managed by careful dieting to keep his weight below the minimum for his full height until he reached the magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Draft-Defying Doctors | 11/16/1970 | See Source »

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