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...Coach Jake McCandless had just initiated a new punt formation in which three defensive linemen were set as blockers for the punters. It was out of this "Purdue" formation that Tiger punter Joe Flynn attempted his first punt of the year, early in the second quarter against the Scarlet Knights. It was a 0-0 ball game when Princeton broke the huddle for the fourth down punt. Flynn barked the signals and center Paul Yakulis snapped the ball. Unfortunately, the hike was off target and low and hit the blocking Kincaid in the ankle. Mike was so wrapped...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Dake It or Leave It | 11/11/1972 | See Source »

...beggar king's threats to send an army of professional paupers to disrupt Queen Victoria's coronation unless Mack is executed. Kazaras rises to the occasion. "What is the robbing of a bank to the founding of one?" he asks. A mounted messenger promptly rushes up to knight him, though Brecht reassures us that real life would not have come out so happily. We are left with Weill's corrosive tunes and a second-act reminder that shines through Marc Blitzstein's generally smooth translation: "For even honest men may act like sinners, unless they've had their customary dinners...

Author: By Seth Kupjerberg, | Title: Overcoming Obstacles | 11/11/1972 | See Source »

...George McGovern was sent out by his youthful supporters on a knight's quest for the Presidency, then Richard Nixon stands as the great Godfather manipulator of the love and hate the old in this country feel for their young. After they meet, lance to heater, we'll look for Mailer (the aging self-proclaimed "Aquarius") to put together the story...

Author: By William Englund, | Title: Mailer Inside Miami | 11/4/1972 | See Source »

...Bruce and Laing. Leslie West played with Mountain, the loudest rock band in the business. What's the difference between Mountain and West, Bruce and Laing? Nothing. Because Felix Pappalardi played bass for Mountain. Jack Bruce taught Felix everything he knows about the bass. And nobody ever heard Steve Knight's keyboards anyway. No loss. I heard their album, it wasn't too good. But try 'em if your roommate just got some dynamite sopors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: music | 11/2/1972 | See Source »

Mate for a Knight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 23, 1972 | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

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