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...spread. Kranz allegedly had already given cocaine to Senior Forwards Clyde Eads and Jon Johnson. When he offered them a piece of the proceeds from bets on the game, Eads and Johnson were not only interested but recruited Guards David Dominique and Bobby Thompson and Star Center John ("Hot Rod") Williams into the deal. Tulane beat Southern Mississippi by a single point. Two Saturdays later the players allegedly conspired to fix the Virginia Tech game, but the plan apparently misfired. Four days after that, they went into the tank again. Tulane, which finished the season with a mediocre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: the Fix Is On: Tulane basketball is out | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

ARRESTED. John ("Hot Rod") Williams, 23, star center of the Tulane University basketball team, together with Teammates David Dominique, 19, and Bobby Thompson, 21; on charges of sports bribery for allegedly shaving points (holding back to lose or to affect the margin of victory in order to win bets) in two February games; in New Orleans. A local bookie with a long criminal record and three nonbasketball- playing Tulane students were arrested on similar charges; two of the students were accused in addition of conspiracy to distribute cocaine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 8, 1985 | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

Part of the reason for this conviction is that the ACSR was roundly lambasted by several of the speakers for being a puppet of the Harvard Corporation. These student and alumni spokesmen asserted that the ACSR serves as a lighting rod to deflect criticism and protest from the real policy makers, the seven members of the Harvard Corporation, whom the ACSR is supposed to advise. These speakers contended further that the Corporation then proceeds to ignore practical: all of the ACSR's counsel regarding South Africa policy. One student went so far as to say that when examined in historical...

Author: By Claude D. Convisser, | Title: Africa Investments ACSR: Shape up or Ship Out | 2/28/1985 | See Source »

...whose ideal of beauty is a bronze complexion in February, tanning parlors are sprouting faster than dandelions in May. Though no precise figures are available, tanning salons are raking in an estimated $300 million a year. At one of the trendiest, Hollywood's Uvasun, such celebrities as Liza Minnelli, Rod Stewart, Mariel Hemingway and even Mr. Tan himself, George Hamilton, spend upwards of $30 an hour to maintain their sunbaked looks. Less exclusive salons charge between $3 and $15 for half an hour in the synthetic sunlight. UVA Tan, located in an upscale Atlanta suburb, expanded two months ago from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Going for the Bronze | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...pulled Gordon with 1:13 remaining in the game in favor of an extra skater. The Eagles were unable to set up in the Husky zone during that span, however, because Sweeney lost two key faceoffs to Northeastern center Rod lsbister...

Author: By Neil Mooney, | Title: Northeastern Slips by Boston College, 4-2; Huskies Avenge Earlier Shellacking by Eagles | 2/5/1985 | See Source »

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