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When open, 15 footers began rolling off the rim for Harvard, the Dartmouth defense was able to sag, further protecting the lane and enabling players to help each other...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Dartmouth Defense Stifles Freshmen | 1/22/1976 | See Source »

Turo Russell slaps the ball down to the floor with his fingertips, and with a short skip starts the first of five steps that will carry him from halfcourt to the edge of the rim, where he balances the ball, and then glances back over his head as it falls through...

Author: By Dennis B. Fitzgibbons, | Title: Warriors Return for Rugged Season | 12/16/1975 | See Source »

Collins once more tied the game for Fordham, tapping in his own rebound with thirty-five seconds left. Harvard called time out and set up Cy Booker at the right corner, but his shot bounced high off the rim into the hands of Fordham's Kevin Brown. Four seconds, three dribbles, and two points later it was all over...

Author: By Theodore A. Christopher, | Title: Cagers Lose Another Squeaker, 70-68, Fordham Wins on 40-Foot Buzzer Shot | 12/11/1975 | See Source »

...miles to the dissuasion line, the Moroccans encountered no resistance other than the cactus and the sand they kicked up into annoying swirls. Ahead, the land was completely flat until the dissuasion line, where it dips into a valley and rises to a plateau. On the plateau's rim, silhouettes of Spanish army tanks were visible; Spanish helicopters hovered ominously over the advancing column...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTH AFRICA: On the Road from Morocco | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

THESE MEN, coming mostly from Texas and California, and farming the backbone of the Rim economy in oil, real estate, leisure, and defense, contributed 75 per cent of Nixon's reelection campaign funds. He had served them well, continuing the Vietnam War for four years, increasing defense spending from $80 billion to $95 billion, developing Project Independence which injected $10 billion in energy programs, and halting efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to control private land development...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: Changing of the Juntas | 10/28/1975 | See Source »

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