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Only when he was caught, tackled one yard shy of the goal by Paul Halas and Fred Cordova, did Rupert do something wrong. In a vain attempt to sneak the nose of the football over the goal stripe, he forgot to hold onto it, and as he lay on the hard polyturf of Schoelkopf Field for that one instant in the fourth quarter here Saturday afternoon, a man without a ball, he struck an image for all Cornell. Rupert was down and out, and Bob Baggott had the football for Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Gets Its Act Together, Cornell Doesn't | 10/11/1977 | See Source »

...negative vote but not lead the opposition. Although their indecision may look like abdication of their roles, the stance of both men may be tactically smart. But before the emotional Panama Canal issue is settled, it is certain to be a severe test of their leadership once the nose counting begins in earnest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Canal Debate Begins | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...Julia and the possibility of richer roles for women: I was first offered the role of Julia, but I didn't want to play her because I was too on the nose. I'm not interested in playing committed, way-out liberated women. I think most people aren't like that, and that the value of movies is to have characters that people can identify with and relate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Growing Fonda of Jane | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

Although the K.O. was O.K. by DiNicola, his career peaked when he won the All-Marine Corps flyweight crown, outpointing Joe Rodriguez in 1975. The win made him eligible to represent the Marines at the AAU and Olympic boxing trials. He also ended up with a broken nose after getting in front of a Rodriguez haymaker...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Fighting Marine DiNicola Makes Harvard Scene | 9/30/1977 | See Source »

Carter is indeed out on a limb. The fact is the canal has a constituency and the treaty has no constituency," says Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, who along with Sol Linowitz negotiated the accord. By one nose count, only 35 Senators now favor the treaty, 22 are opposed and 43 are undecided-far short of the two-thirds vote needed for approval. But the undecided count may be deceptive. A vote on the treaty is not likely to occur until early next year and, as one Republican Senator asks, "Why shouldI make my position known now? I'd just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Now for the Hard Part | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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