Word: raffinate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still subscribes to Variety, of course, but for Deborah Raffin, 29, the hottest flash on her career these days comes from China. It seems that a few years ago her Nightmare in Badham County-one of those young-girls-from-the-city-up-against-a-violent-small-town TV dramas-was released in Chinese movie theaters and became a monster hit, with more than 2.5 million seeing it in Shanghai alone. So when her 1980 movie, Touched by Love, is released in China next month, she will fly over for the first movie promotion tour ever by a Western actress...
Besides working the fullbacks on defensive coverage at Monday's practice, Scalise warned the back row about Jumbo winger Lisa Raffin. Using strategy developed during the Springfield College game. Scalise moved junior Gately to the right side to shadow Raffin, the Jumbos' main scoring threat...
Gately, an Honorable Mention All-American, silenced Raffin so effectively during the first half that Tufts coach Bill Gehling moved his leading offensive weapon to center forward...
Sophomore Lisa Raffin, who notched 11 goals last season, is the major Tufts offensive threat at rightwing. Midfielders Judy Hinchley and co-captain Page Crutcher lead the attack, which Gehling evasively describes as "a combination of short control passing and quick counters when appropriate...
Harvard coach Bob Scalise, who scouted Saturday's game, refuses to take any chances against the Tufts team. Scalise will have Honorable Mention All-American fullback Kelly Gately shadow Raffin. This tactic worked very well in the Crimson's 4-2 triumph over Springfield College Friday night when Gately completely shut down Chief winger Vicki Hebeler...