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When fish, not octopi, get tossed from the rafters simply because they're easier to smuggle into the arena...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: A Fan's Gear: Octopiand Tennis Balls | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

...quick CCNY quintet came out pressing in the second half, forcing Harvard to commit a slew of turnovers. Both squads spent most of the half scrambling for loose balls as center court looked like a grabfest between gregarious octopi...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopsters Cruise By City in IAB Debut, 59-49 | 12/11/1976 | See Source »

With the constantly increasing height and mobility of college big men, the ref underneath has a chore tantamount to untangling gregarious octopi. "The referee on the outside is the key to the whole game" explains Hannon. "He has the best picture. He's the bailout...

Author: By Robert I. W. sidorsky, | Title: Traffic Cops In Bloody-Nose Alley It's a long, hard climb from the snakepits to the ECAC big time. | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

...point was a lovely, fluid violin solo by Ray Nance that brought cries of "No, no!" from an audience that did not want it to end. Said Ellington in explanation of one part of his piece: "It has not only to do with changing of the colors and the octopi, but the people in the story." But not even the Duke could explain just where John Steinbeck came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sweetness & Fruit | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

Extremely sly and subtle fishes Are octopi or cuttlefishes. Rather than own themselves defeated They squirt a cloud of ink and beat it. Thus emulating in their capers The editors of Commie papers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 7, 1956 | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

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