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When Portland Trail Blazer Coach Jack Ramsay arrived to take over his duties last spring, he announced: "I'm a Bill Walton man." The declaration made him a minority of one in the Pacific Northwest...
...last, and probably the most likely explanation, is that Wilson's move is yet another in a long series of political maneuverings that have made him the least trustworthy leader of the Labour Party since J. Ramsay McDonald...
...Gielgud is his cast. It may have been too herculean a task to tone down Maggie Smith. But Gielgud ought to have elicited something more from John Standing than a replica of a rubber duck. As for the two who play the marital also-rans, Niki Flacks and Remak Ramsay, they are a tribute to only one known art-taxidermy...
...Jack Ramsay turned Donovan's raw material into a contender. The offensive firepower of the Braves persuaded Ramsay to set aside any notions of turning his team into a top defensive club. "I've had to alter my theories on defense," he says. "To be defensive, you need a physically tough center and toughness at other positions. We can't be tough with DiGregorio at guard and McAdoo at center. Instead, we outrun and outshoot our opponents." When that is not working, Ramsay outyells them. He is the champion head rubber and tantrum thrower in the N.B.A...
...lost 22 straight games to Boston. But that was before the pivotal trade for Marin and Goukas. Since then the Braves have defeated the Celtics two out of three times, taken two of three from New York, and stunned Milwaukee 145-109. "We can play anybody," boasts the bullish Ramsay, "and beat anybody." Besides, if the Braves fail this year, there is no telling whom Eddie Donovan will add to the lineup next fall...