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...first half, the Terriers' ball handling was even sloppier than the weather. Quarterback Ray Roach couldn't get the team moving, or keep his footing, or hang onto the wet ball. As a result, the Terriers made the Crimson's job a lot easier by stifling their own drives and offensive maneuvers...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Harvard Romps Over Boston University, 33-14 | 10/10/1972 | See Source »

...offense has not exactly jeiled. After completing four passes in their first two games, the Terriers decided to go with their original third string quarterback, Ray Roach. Roach broke into the line-up with a touchdown pass last week against Delaware. He will have a decent receiver in Darryl Smith, but judging from B.U.'s pass blocking in the early season, he won't have much time to throw...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Crimson Eleven Favored Over Boston University | 10/7/1972 | See Source »

...Verne was screaming because she saw a bug. It wasn't a roach, because La Verne isn't afraid of roaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Sampling of a Ghetto Reader | 8/7/1972 | See Source »

...Verne been screaming 'cause she seen a bug. It wasn't no roach either 'cause La Verne, she ain't scared of no roach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Sampling of a Ghetto Reader | 8/7/1972 | See Source »

...pattern of exploitation worked because artists had nowhere else to go. There was no space uptown. Greenwich Village was already turning into the Skag Alley it now is, a tureen of thieving junkies and grimy plastic bars among the too-expensive brownstones. The East Village, with its tiny roach-filled apartments and manic adolescents shooting speed in the air shaft, was a dismal alternative. As for Brooklyn or Queens, one artist remarked: "You might as well work in Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Last Studios | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

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