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...rematch of last year's number four singles final. Abbie Meiselman avenged her earlier loss, defeating Tuft's Wendy Shahon, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, in a controversial match which saw linesmen summoned after several questionable calls occured in the second...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Netwomen Capture GBC Title | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

Rocky II is the most solemn example of self-deification by a movie star since Barbra Streisand's A Star Is Born. Though ostensibly the story of Rocky's marriage to mousy Adrian (Talia Shire) and his rematch with World Heavyweight Champ Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), the film is not overly concerned with matters of romance or pugilism. The pivotal scenes all illustrate, in picture-book fashion, the hero's saintliness. We learn that Rocky loves animals: "I love animals," he announces early on, and then proceeds to devote a sizable amount of screen time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Plastic Jesus | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

...pitching rematch of last year's game for the championship between Nurthen and Harvard's Larry Brown (which the Crimson took, 6-0) was neither the same in setting or stature. Cornell had been knocked out of the race by Navy the week before, and bucolic Ithaca was able to outshame even Hanover in producing the lowest class of spectator...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batsmen Lose EIBL Crown | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson, it will be a tough day to forget, especially next Sunday when it gets a rematch with Yale at the Eastern Sprints. Yesterday, the two powers of this season flexed their muscles at each other and Yale came away looking like Mr. Universe...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Yale Charge Disarms Lights | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...spikers dumped New Hampshire in effortless fashion and then faced a rematch against the still-unbeaten Huskies. A 15-9 defeat in the first game, coupled with an impressive, 15-3 victory in the second forced the Crimson to notch a win in the final game to stay alive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Volleyballers Edge N.U., Snatch New England Title | 4/30/1979 | See Source »

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