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Ruth has done a one-night stand with Wagner in a London hotel and develops a fierce unrequited crush on Milne. She is, it seems, a romantic manquée who cannot recoup in sex what she has lost in love. While Rigg delivers all of Ruth's crisp-edged lines with hilarious asperity the feminine vulnerability of the role eludes her until she hears that Milne ha been machine-gunned to death. Then she rages in grief, waving a newspaper and asking what page in it was worth that price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Scoop | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Crimson received an early setback when Brown laced a bomb to Horner, who was all by himself in the endzone, but the normally sure-handed receiver dropped the ball. Harvard was able to recoup quickly, however, as Brown then hit Sablock over the middle at the eight to make it first-and-goal...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Crimson Loses 31-30 Thriller In Last Minute | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...court hears the case, The Times might try to recoup the fines it has paid, totaling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Faculty Discusses Future Of Farber Case | 10/26/1978 | See Source »

Yesterday's win may have comforted some Red Sox spirits, but the question now is can the Sox awaken from their horrifying daze and recoup to last out a pennant drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sox Top Yanks, 7-3--Finally | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

...case of sour grappa? Possibly. The figures paid for books are impressive, but to recoup a multimillion-dollar investment today, paperback publishers must tout their products like new cars. Record-sale publicity is one way. And, of course, there are gimmicks and advertising blitzes for the soon-to-be-made-into-a-major-motion-picture that augment the hard-sell paperback commercials on radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paperback Godfather | 8/28/1978 | See Source »

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