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...ankle gun and porkpie hat, a regular good-will ambassador from New York's finest. "I'd rather be a lamp post in New York than the President of France," he snarls at his Gallic counterpart (Bernard Fresson), who is supposed to cooperate with Doyle's mis sion: to run Frog One to ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Leap Frog | 6/2/1975 | See Source »

Toward the end of his life Clarke once again wrote a long narrative poem based on old Irish myths and legends. In "The Healing of Mis" he turns an 18th century tale of a wild woman tamed by music and sex into a more graphic love poem of seduction. But no longer content with the ancient ways. Clarke adds the woman's dreams to reveal the hot flames of her mind...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Hot in the Smithy Of Irish Poetry | 5/23/1975 | See Source »

Alky Tsitsos, who rushed for 39 yards in the game, was then stopped for a one-yard gain, Holt mis-fired to sophomore tight end Bob McDermott, and finally the Rutgers defensive line toppled the signal-caller for a six yard loss...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Late Rally Sparks Rutgers Over Crimson, 24-21 | 10/7/1974 | See Source »

...Crimson was further hampered in the Brown pool mis-match by the team's lack of a goalie. "We had to borrow a goalie from Brown just to compete in the tourney," Bozer said...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Water Polo Squad Mismatched; Fails Three Times in Opener | 10/1/1974 | See Source »

...developing countries. The covenant noted that "a reduction of for eign missionaries and money in an evan gelized country may sometimes be necessary to facilitate the national church's growth in self-reliance." Meanwhile, Third World churches, in areas that are still mission territory, now have 200 mis sion boards of their own and are sending 3,400 missionaries to other lands - mostly to neighboring countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Challenge from Evangelicals | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

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