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...theaters and television stations refuse to touch such controversial material. So far it has been shown in public theaters only in New York and Boston, where most of the people who saw it were probably not surprised. It deserves time on national television, certainly as much as the latest romp to the moon, but has been aired only by an educational network in New York City...

Author: By Gilbert B. Kaplan, | Title: Winter Soldier | 12/12/1972 | See Source »

...mater, the University of Oregon, might have been a sentimental journey. One look at the playing conditions was enough to dampen any thought of old school ties. A driving rain had turned the artificial turf into one big slippery sponge. The game, which was supposed to have been a romp for the Trojans, turned into a tossup. After 30 minutes of fumbles and false starts, neither team had scored, and U.S.C. sloshed into the locker room at half time for the Trojan equivalent of a pep talk. It was hardly the stuff that movies are made of. McKay quietly told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Trojan Tactician | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

With Penn's 6-0 shutout of Princeton and Harvard's 7-2 romp over Dartmouth last weekend, the stage is set for the showdown match Saturday between these two unbeaten clubs that will, in all probability, decide the Ivy soccer title...

Author: By M. Deacondake, | Title: Quaker, Crimson Booters Roll In Preparation for Showdown | 11/1/1972 | See Source »

...Harvard defense, one of the only sore spots in Saturday's romp over Columbia, is anxious to redeem itself after its two-game shutout streak was unceremoniously broken. "I wasn't that upset about our performance," captain and fullback Rick Scott said yesterday. "We made some stupid mistakes, but we have the potential for some more shutouts," he added...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Booters Go To Wesleyan; Adedeji and Hinze Ailing | 10/18/1972 | See Source »

Those who expect the Harvard water polo team to literally romp over Brown in tonight's match at the IAB will be in for a big surprise. Despite the Crimson's ten-game unbeaten streak and the fact that Harvard crushed Brown, 26-0, in the recent MIT tourney, captain Mike Graff says this game will be a tough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Water Poloists Take on Tough Bruins | 10/18/1972 | See Source »

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