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...making the scoring more spread around," Gielen said. "Teams realize that he is a prolific scorer, and when they overplay him, it leaves someone else open...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Gielen Gives Improved Cagers Big Lift | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

...diagram shows the first of her two power-play goals. Note the positions of Joslin (5), Julie Sasner (15), and Brita Lind (11). They formed a triangle around a Bruin defender whose assignment was to overplay Sasner. Joslin released her point position (H) and went down the slot to score...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: NCAA Examines Interference Rule | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

Most of the credit, though, belongs to the actors, who all overplay to the hilt. Adam Schwartz creates a perfectly blustery and "bully" Teddy Roosevelt--er, Teddy Brewster. Josh Frost is chilling as Jonathan, and thanks to Melanie Deas' make-up skills (I hope), he really does look like Boris Karloff. As the old aunts, Molly Bishop and Jennifer Donaldson find a surprisingly childish glee in their chemical activities...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Amazing Lace | 10/30/1987 | See Source »

Harvard had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 early in the first period, but Cornell then changed its defensive strategy, choosing to overplay the Crimson attackmen in hopes of forcing turnovers...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Laxmen Get a Big Red Scare; Crimson Falls to Cornell, 12-5 | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...seasoned performer will tell you, never overplay an anticlimax. Ronald Reagan knows that better than most, and his second Inaugural, a four-day wingding that begins this Friday, will be quieter, more controlled and a good deal less ostentatious than his first. The Inaugural, America's 50th, is being carefully crafted by the soon-to-depart Michael Deaver and the Presidential Inaugural Committee to rein in spending and promote a new egalitarian image for the Administration. Its theme: "We the People . . . An American Celebration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan Inaugural: An Unassuming Little Party | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

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