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...true one (I can swear to it), about a father and a son in a playground twelve years ago, in the spring, around noon. The boy was five. He had a basketball, which he dribbled off his toes half the time, and which he kept shooting at the hoop-underhand, both hands, straining to reach the rim. The father sat on a bench and watched. The boy kept at it. Then some bigger boys sauntered over, snatched the ball away and shot around, leaving the five-year-old watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Speech for a High School Graduate | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...noisy, feverish, high-pitched, somewhat of an emotional climate," says Walter M. Cabot '55, president of the company. The staff's favorite football team is the Los Angeles Raiders, and black-and-silver caps dot the heads of investors, some of whom take advantage of a nearby Nerf basketball hoop to burn off the tension...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Busy With Harvard's Billions | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

That trio was was an integral part of the finest Harvard men's hoop team in recent history. The Crimson recorded a 15-11 overall record and a 9-5 Ivy mark. Harvard's second-place Ivy record, one-game behind champion Princeton, tied the club's best-ever league finish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men's Hoop Awards | 4/17/1984 | See Source »

That's about as well as we've played all year," said Cornell Coach lam Miller, who in four years has brought the Big Red to the forefront of Ivy hoop...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Cornell Crushes Harvard's Ivy Hopes | 3/3/1984 | See Source »

...dream gets underway at 7 p.m. tonight at Briggs, when Cornell totes in its road show for what has become the biggest game in Harvard hoop history. It culminates 24 hours later with Columbia...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: It's the Biggest Weekend Of the Year | 3/2/1984 | See Source »

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