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...five re-released films, screams are at a minimum. Most of the mayhem-the stabbing in The Man Who Knew Too Much, the strangling in Vertigo, the dismembering in Rear Window, the death in The Trouble with Harry-takes place offscreen. Only the gruesome garroting in Rope is shown to the viewer, and that at the film's beginning. But if the viewer's desire for crime is not satisfied, the character's compulsion for punishment is. In Rope, two bright young men kill a classmate, hide his body in a living-room chest, then throw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Master Who Knew Too Much | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...like the enthusiasm, the lack of hitting," said University of New Hampshire Coach Russ McCrudy about the game of women's ice hockey. "There is a lot of good sportsmanship without all the mayhem and attempts to hurt each other...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: An All-Star Attitude | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

...cast around a bit too hectically. The second act, however, is spectacular. It depicts a ferocious battle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, replete with whizzing crossbow arrows and hurtling fireballs. Conductor James Levine goes straight for the jugular, giving Francesco's high quotient of lust and mayhem its full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Looking for a Lost Generation | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

Played with five swimmers and a goalie on each side, water polo combines much of basketball and soccer in the water. Although it appears to be mayhem to the uninitiated, the game is a series of carefully planned plays, defenses and counter-attacks. Often, when playing a less talented and organized team like B.C., a superior team will get off its game and start to play down to the opponent's level of skill...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Aquawomen Make a Splashing Debut | 3/15/1984 | See Source »

Boston College tri-captain Billy McDonough played about 5000 minutes of hockey during his first three years at B.C. Of those 5000 minutes, he spent only 12 in the penalty box--a remarkable statistic considering the constant mayhem that is ECAC hockey...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: A Perfect Gentleman | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

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