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...played by a British husband-and-wife team, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, who perform with a conviction that nearly matches their courage among lions. The result of a year's filming is a wonderfully credible re-creation of man-animal friendship, most joyously free when they romp through the surf with Elsa on a sunny Indian Ocean holiday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Elsa Untamed | 4/8/1966 | See Source »

Senator Alejandro Almendras openly charged that the nation's Central Investigation Service-the Filipino equivalent of the FBIwas mixing sex with sleuthing. Six young women had been hired as agents. Instead, he charged, all they did was romp with top CIS brass while at the same time buying new cars, apartment houses, and turning in fictionalized expense accounts for supposed investigative trips to the provinces. Stung, Marcos turned investigator himself, promptly ordered the six women "agents" off the payroll, then fired all nine top officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Sex & the Sleuths | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

Coming on top of a 9-0 clobbering of B.C. earlier in the week, this romp made Cornell the favorite in the finals the following night. But Clarkson, out to earn its best-in-the-East rating, shot down the Ithacans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clarkson Takes Hockey Tourney | 3/15/1966 | See Source »

...romp-that-never-was started on schedule, when Ben Smith capitalized on an Eli defenseman's gaffe and scored from 20 feet after a minute and 18 seconds of play. For Harvard, the rest of the period was missed opportunities; for Yale, it was a tying goal on a solo drive by Pete Markle...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Yale Six Magically Nips Harvard, 6-5 | 3/7/1966 | See Source »

Regardless of the home crowd and the unfavorable rink conditions, it is not asking any miracle to expect a romp. Harvard scored at will in its initial encounter with the Indians last month, which wasn't as close as the 3-3 score indicated...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Crimson Sextet Faces Dartmouth; Victory Seen for Morning Match | 2/12/1966 | See Source »

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