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The domestic wars have simmered down as well. For three years, the Christmas holidays at South Boston High School had merely meant a lull in the racial conflict over busing. This year school officials have unplugged the airport metal detectors once used to screen students for weapons, the police have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: New Year's Mellow Mood | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

" If I turned my oack and had to guess, I would have said that it sounded like someone had a baseball bat and cracked a concrete wall with it." Thus did National Basketball Association Referee Bob Rakel describe the roundhouse right from Los Angeles Laker Kermit Washington that sent the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Low Blow in Los Angeles | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

The episode in the Los Angeles Forum began when Washington and Houston Center Kevin Kunnert jousted briefly under the backboards after a Rocket rebound had sent the rest of the players upcourt. Suddenly, Washington slugged Kunnert. Tomjanovich, leading the other Rockets, raced back upcourt to assist the dazed Kunnert. As...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Low Blow in Los Angeles | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

Only last month the Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke his hand by clobbering Milwaukee Buck Rookie Center Kent Benson, who suffered a mild concussion. After that incident, O'Brien formed a committee to examine proposals for reducing the violence in pro basketball. Among the possible rule changes: penalties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Low Blow in Los Angeles | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

Harvard led, 21-17, going into the heavyweight bout between the Crimson's Craig Beling and UMass wrestler, John Ailen. In the final period of the event, Ailen needed three more points to record a major decision over Belig and create a tie in the final team score. Ailen momentarily...

Author: By William M. Ginsberg, | Title: Time Runs Out On Minutemen | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

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