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Rogers dropped through a pair from the line to up it to 73-69 and close out the Crimson's scoring before Hooft snuffed a last-ditch shot by the Lions with the rebound that allowed Harvard to run out the remaining ten seconds of play...
...coaches can always find solace in hopes for the future. Lee had special praise for D'agostino, a hard-nosed battler whose one loss came against Yale in a last-ditch struggle for a pin. And D'agostino is only a junior, while sophomore Beling, a fall footballer, looks like the heavyweight of the future. Lee expects him to be unbeatable after he finds the experience to go with his "outstanding athletic ability...
...church-backed, minority Christian Democratic government tried to steer clear of the issue with a stance of aloof neutrality. "Everyone remembers that it was abortion that brought down the last government and caused an early election," explained a Cabinet official, "and no party wants to see that happen again." Still-with a careful distinction between government and party-the Christian Democrats dutifully monopolized the final debate making 13 last-ditch speeches against the passage of the bill, then made an unsuccessful attempt to block it with a motion of unconstitutionality...
...unclear whether most of the unrest is being caused by last-ditch supporters of the discredited radicals or by squabbling factions trying to settle old scores with political enemies. Whatever the reason, stringent measures are being taken to suppress troublemakers, who have been denounced as "criminal gangs." Earlier Hua was forced to send 12,000 troops into Fukien province to deal with "sabotage." From Yunnan last week came stern warnings that "we must resolutely suppress the counterrevolutionaries who beat, wreck and loot...
Each of the chief characters has a gallant last-ditch tenacity that is the mark of Williams' people. T. Lawrence Shannon (Richard Chamberlain) is a defrocked minister with a penchant for teen-age girls. The hotel proprietor, Maxine Faulk (Sylvia Miles), fancies young Mexican beachboys. The guardians of the spirit as opposed to the flesh are Hannah Jelkes (Dorothy McGuire), a Nantucket spinster, and her ancient 97-year-old poet grandfather Nonno (William Roerick), on whom Hannah's abiding love and care are centered...