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...knowing for sure which syndicate is largest, though most insiders would probably not dispute this rough ranking: 1) King Features (Blondie, Beetle Bailey, "Hints from Heloise"); 2) Field Newspaper Syndicate (Dennis the Menace, "Herblock," "Ann Landers"); 3) United Feature (Jack Anderson, Peanuts); 4) NEA (Alley Oop, Bugs Bunny); 5) Chicago Tribune-New York News (Dick Tracy, Li'l Abner, Brenda Starr). After that, the field becomes blurred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Syndicate Wars | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

...Harvard margin climbed 11 when Jeff Hill dropped a pair of free throws and it was 58-46 after Hill lobbed an alley oop scoring pass to Irion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Cagers Upstage Brown With 72-59 Win | 2/26/1977 | See Source »

...Crimson upped the lead to 59-46 when Carey clicked on an alley oop play off of Honick's in bound pass and Honick fed Fine for another...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Wallop Columbia, 92-83, to String Ivy Wins | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

...through," said Ali when the fight was over. Sporting a robe given him by Elvis Presley, he then hobnobbed with such fans as Diana Ross and Sammy Davis Jr. But it wasn't all fisticuffs and show biz. Ali was also promoting his new toy Oop-fli (a ring spun off two sticks and caught by an opponent's two sticks), which he hopes will earn him a tidy bundle. Another Frisbee or Hula-Hoop it isn't, but then Muhammad Ali is not the champion any longer, either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 26, 1973 | 2/26/1973 | See Source »

...through a doorway modeled after the head of Caesar. As it telescopes open, bearing a throbbing resemblance to an Excedrin ad, it reveals six sets of eyes. The high priests descend on a bone bridge that looks as if it had been left over from one of Alley Oop's dinosaurs. During Christ's prayers to God in Gethsemane, a universe box is lowered over his head, variously suggesting the Almighty, a small computer, or the ark of the covenant as crafted by Magnavox. Even the singers, carrying microphones on long power cords, seem plugged into some vast machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Gold Rush to Golgotha | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

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