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...rush came when Sandy Beadle scored just 23 seconds into the final stanza. The icemen, not quite sure how to handle a 9-2 lead, began to falter, and Northeastern flooded the Crimson zone and seemed ready to put a few more past Lau. But the junior netminder's point-blank stop of a Tim Jacobs bullet repulsed one threat, and his stick save of Craig Frank darter slapped away another...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Crimson Destroys Northeastern, 10-2, In Beanpot Upset | 2/3/1981 | See Source »

...such luck. Moffett kept UNH within range early in period two when he denied Olson's point-blank hat trick attempt, and the Wildcats suddenly turned ferocious. Left wing George White stunned Lau from a difficult angle at 5:16, and senior right wing Dana Barbin tightened things considerably as he tapped in Tom Onge's beautiful behind-the-back...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen Slip by Wildcats, 4-3; Murray's Goal Rescues Win | 12/11/1980 | See Source »

...goalkeeper Phil Coogan and center fullback Bob Kloepper, the Harvard defense posed their second shutout of the season. Coogan had an excellent game, making several point-blank saves on Prep breakaways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Booters Shut Out Rams; Record at 2-1 | 10/16/1980 | See Source »

...Pretender for the sound alone; it's been the words themselves. What Hold Out has to say it says directly, in lyrics much more literal and less literary than Browne's usual. Expecting metaphors for his world(s) in the road and the sky, you get hit point-blank with the sidestreets and the lurid bright-light Sunset Strip, strolled by hookers and hold-outs alike...

Author: By Jess Taylor, | Title: Jaded Ingenue | 8/12/1980 | See Source »

...political rival instead, White went to the mayor's office and shot him. Then he shot Milk, an avowed homosexual who had frequently opposed him on the board. Norman told the jury that White had leaned over the prostrate bodies of his victims and finished them off with point-blank shots into their skulls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Getting Off? | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

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