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Those hopes were extinguished almost immediately by the Clemson Tigers, whose roster includes such ominous-sounding names as Nnamdi Nwokocha (fr., Nigeria), Obed Ariri (sr., Nigeria), Godwin Ogbueze (sr., Nigeria) and Vincent Chika (fr., Nigeria...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia's Hot Soccer Team Freezes in NCAA Tournament | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...enthusiastic crowd continues to come, they'll see one of the youngest varsity teams in Harvard history. One senior, two juniors and five sophomores and freshmen look like a strange varsity roster; at one point four freshmen and a sophomore were the only Crimson players on the court...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Crimson Drops Cards | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

Those in the latter category of soundalike names are uniformly Irish--there's the usual roster of McDonoughs and an O'Leary as well, all of whom count on their last names to draw a certain percentage of their votes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Call Me O'Leary | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...mogul's search uncovered ample talent, the Sunset Boulevard set's has unearthed little. The insatiable public demand for commercial properties so far outstrips the screenwriters' meager production that producers are forced to fall back on proven story ideas. The resulting list of products reads like a Porcellian Club roster--Godfather II, Jaws 2, Rocky II, and Gone with the Wind...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: One Sings, the Other Two Don't | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

...vital respect, this year's winning roster was similar to those of previous years: it had, overall, a distinctly American cast. Continuing their domination of the Nobel science prizes, Americans took two out of three of the physics awards, and one each of the twin medicine, chemistry and economics honors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nobel Prizes: That Winning American Style | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

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