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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once assured that the squad had solved the man-to-man defense, Kleinfelder switched to a 1-3-1 trapping zone. Strong center play by Sue Hewitt and surging newcomer Leslie Greis kept Wheaton on the run and Radcliffe ahead...

Author: By Bob Baggott, | Title: Cliffe Cagers Thump Wheaton, 81-50 | 2/24/1977 | See Source »

...Harvard's lack of depth kept the Crimson from competing seriously with power first-place Princeton and second-place Yale, who ran away from the rest of the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Women Discover Happiness in Philly | 2/22/1977 | See Source »

...nation has long suffered from lack of education, poor communications, inefficient bureaucracy and outright political corruption - all of which, in spite of the wealth of its natural resources, have kept Mexico from being as great or as well developed as it ought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Road Back to Confidence | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

...outcome clear: the grandfatherly McBride, 60, defeated the firebrand Sadlowski, 38, by a margin of about 3 to 2. His victory will bring sighs of relief at AFL-CIO headquarters and in the councils of the steel industry. It means that the federation's biggest union has been kept out of the hands of a rebel, Sadlowski, who has sharply denounced George Meany's leadership. It also means that the Steelworkers will begin bargaining this week for a new contract with mills still bound by a no-strike agreement that McBride backed and Sadlowski opposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNIONS: No Go for Oilcan Eddie | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

Fellini has kept the color-indeed, heightened it-but drained away the life. He seems to have fastened on the legend only to repudiate it. Seen through his hostile lens, Casanova is a chilly fop whose salon manner is alternately tongue-tied and bombastic. How such a creature manages to charm so many women into the bedroom remains a mystery. Nor, once he gets them there, is it easy to see how they can derive much fun from the groaning calisthenics he puts them through. This is a film that earns its R rating not by making sin enticing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Waxwork Narcissus | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

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