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...their prime, they were probably more skillful than we are now." Hines said yesterday. "They played a physical game instead of relying on finesse. I'd be taking the ball down the field and they'd try to knock me down to get the ball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Ties Alumni in Annual Soccer Game; All-Americans Beef Up 'Old Varsity' Line-Up As Each Squad Boots Goal in Weekend Tilt | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

This is a curious proposition, as Ballantine quickly notices, because the bank has not been built yet. Karp wants to knock over its temporary home, a modest but well-guarded house trailer. This is no easy matter to begin with, but Ballantine and his five-thumbed cronies make it even harder than necessary. The gang includes a giggly jet-setter, an ex-FBI agent who is Al G. Karp's nephew, a screwy mother and her manic son, and a black safecracker who wants to use his cut of the profits to run for mayor of Anaheim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Account Overdrawn | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

Feared Puncher. Even if Foreman wins convincingly, the coronation may be incomplete, and the champion knows it. "I can beat him and knock him out in the first or second round," Foreman says, "but that doesn't mean that people are going to follow me with the same enthusiasm as they did him. It's just something God gave him to have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Violent Coronation in Kinshasa | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...Baylor then walked, and Brooks Robinson singled to knock out Cleveland and give Cuellar, now 21-10, a comfortable lead...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Darned Sox Are Out to Dry After 7-2 Birdbath | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...plain Cambridge residents. It's a mark of high distinction in some quarters if you can stride into the Plough on a Saturday night and be greeted by name by the people there. The Plough has a largely inaccurate reputation for being a good spot for a Saturday night knock-over-the-tables fight; if you're looking for that kind of action check out the Gaslight Pub in Inman Square. At the Plough, people just guzzle beer--and Guiness Stout on tap--and try to find a little room to breathe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bars And the Like | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

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