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...Crimson had miraculously managed to weave through the maze of the all-day, quasi-round-robin tournament unscathed, winning four matches without losing a game--including a ruthless crushing of Cornell, the defending champion...

Author: By Anthony J. Blinken and Thomas H. Howlett, S | Title: Spikers Lose Ivy Finals As Tireless Tigers Roll | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...pageant, Boorman's knights and ladies look just right-like the children of a lost age or planet. Their acting is as green and lush as the rolling hills of Ireland, where the film was shot. Nigel Terry (Arthur) is no Sean Connery, the parfit gentil knight of Robin and Marian, but he passes persuasively from innocence to kingship to the realization that immortality can be won only through a fatal joust with his son and slayer. Cherie Lunghi too closely resembles a Covent Garden flower child to bring Guenevere to mature life, but her callow modernity wreathes Excalibur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Glorious Camp of Camelot | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...also marked the debut of the 50-yard freestyles--dubbed the "Arena Sprints" in honor of their sponsor--in Nationals short course competition. In a race where quick starts and tight turns can provide the difference between winning and losing. American record holders and veteran sprinters Jill Sterkel and Robin Leamy held on to retain their nationals titles with fast clockings...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Caulkins Sets Third American Record | 4/11/1981 | See Source »

...Hillencamp, John Florida 4:18.25 3) Szmidt, Peter California 4:19.11 200-yd. INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1) Barett, William American Record U.C.L.A. 1 45.01 2) Spann, Scott Texas 1 47.34 3) Fowler, James U.S.C. 1 48.34 50-yd. FREESTYLE 1) Kirchner, Kris Texas 0 19 66 2) Leamy, Robin U.C.L.A. 0 19 68 Trial time of 0:19.36, American Record 3) Gaines, Ambrose Auburn 0 19 84 1 METER DIVING 1) Abieman, Randall Iowa 509 30 2) Stajkovic, Niki Indians 498 30 3) Mejer, Ron Arkansas 496.65 400-yd. MEDLEY RELAY 1) U. of Texas (Clay Britt, Scott Spann, William Paulus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

...that brings us to the defending Eastern League champion Crimson. Picked to finish out of the money a year ago, the resourceful, talented squad came home in a dead-heat for the title, calmly dispensing of Cornell and Yale in the ensuing round-robin...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Harvard Baseball: Can A Young Team Repeat? | 4/3/1981 | See Source »

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