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...until last year, though, when he replaced injured starter Rufus Jones at tailback, that he realized his potential. The wait was over...
...Tony Hinz came on for us and filled a void when we lost Rufus Jones [to a foot injury]," Harvard Coach Joe Restic says. "And he had just an outstanding year. I look at what he did for us and the team in the last ballgame against Yale. He's just an outstanding performer...
...have to know struggle to be the champ." Without socks, robe or orchestra, wearing headgear as spare as a World War I aviator's, Tyson hurries out to demonstrate his point against an unsteady corps of clay pigeons with perfect names like Michael ("the Bounty") Hunter and Rufus ("Hurricane") Hadley. The slippery leather thuds reverberate through the hall...
...deductible for the givers. That could make it impossible for the bankrupt organization to raise funds to pay off some $72 million that is owed to creditors. Beyond that, the IRS had earlier claimed that PTL owed $55 million in back taxes. Can PTL survive? Said U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Rufus Reynolds: "There's no chance whatsoever...
...Rufus Jones makes a decent attempt at the role of C.J. Memphis, a character who seems to be an Uncle Tom. Everyone in the company likes Memphis except Waters. Jones gives a comic performance as Memphis, who is from the deep South, for the totally naive and acquiescent creature that he is. Jones' last scene, in the MP jailhouse, when the crazed Memphis feels he is at the end of his rope, is particularly moving. A large part of the role involves singing and although Jones has a nice voice it lacks the bluesy quality that the songs require...