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...latest youthful leading man, the pint-sized Sherlock Holmes, is so precocious as to be almost wholly unchildlike. Columbus says he scoured Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books for hints at the genesis of the "cold, emotionless bachelor" that Holmes was to become. At one point, Columbus reports, one of young Holmes' instructors tells the youngster never to "let your emotions distract...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Chris Columbus | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...Green was small last year, finishing with a 3-17-1 ECAC mark. It should remain pint-sized again this year...

Author: By Matthew A. Saal, | Title: Paint It Crimson | 11/15/1985 | See Source »

...indeed become a nation of believers in the virtues of exercise, but a new study from the Federal Government reports that most citizens confine their practice to nothing more strenuous than pushing a shopping cart around a supermarket on Saturday morning or shoveling down a pint of ice cream while doing laps between the kitchen and the TV set. "There are trends toward improvement," declares Dr. Michael McGinnis, director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "The great majority know the importance of fitness. But they have not taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: The Shape of the Nation | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

Dartmouth figures to be the strongest of the middle pack of Ancient Eight teams. Leading an offense returning 20 of the top 22 performers is pint-sized quarterback Brian Stretch, who is joined in the backfield by tailback Ernie Torain (4.7 yards per carry last year). The receiving corps of Scott Truitt, Doug Keare and Frank Doyle is as fine as any in the league...

Author: By Matthew A. Saal, | Title: Penn and Yale Lead the Pack | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

Dartmouth figures to be the strongest of the middle pack of Ancient Eight teams. Leading an offense returning 20 of the top 22 performers is pint-sized quarterback Brian Stretch, who is joined in the backfield by tailback Ernie Torain (4.7 yards per carry last year). The receiving corps of Scott Truitt, Doug Keare and Frank Doyle is as fine as any in the league...

Author: By Matthew A. Saal, | Title: Penn and Yale Lead the Pack | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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