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Near the goal, the Minuteman defense was awesome, allowing the usually potent Crimson attack a mere 15 shots on goal. Many times their keen stickchecking enabled them to catch the Harvard team off guard and swipe the ball before they came within shooting range...
...criticism confined to the Republicans. None other than Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd took to the floor to express keen disappointment in Bell's action. He thought that the Attorney General should have named Curran as special prosecutor, and he asked that the appointee be given "explicit protection against removal except for extraordinary improprieties...
That Paramount ad was chillingly effective, bringing into 670 theaters around the country thousands of youths keen to see The Warriors-and eager for trouble. Since the film opened on Feb. 9, three young men have been killed by Warrior-inspired fights, and other brawls have broken out at moviehouses in several cities. More than half a dozen theaters have dropped the film entirely; others are hiring some muscle of their own, which Paramount will pay for. In Washington, B.C., two full-time guards were on duty last week at the Town Downtown and will stay there until The Warriors...
Behind this banter lay a keen intelligence. The literary value of her letters is high, not only for what she said about her own works but for her perceptive comments on others. She admired Graham Greene, with reservations: "What he does, I think, is try to make religion respectable to the modern unbeliever by making it seedy." Her comment on the Beat Generation writers was pithy and devastating...
Acosta's powerful right hand allows him to use all four walls to capitalize on his velocity, and his keen shot anticipation should enable him to reach the difficult shots that the Texas star usually hits off the back wall...