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...first down to move the ball to the Crimson 31. He passed to Cuccia on the left sideline, but the pass was caught out of bounds. Then, Allard missed a connection with Paul Scheper along the opposite sideline when the senior fell down and watched the pass sail over his head. Allard then underthrew Cuccia on the left side, and Villanueva punted the ball away but could offer only a 17-yard effort...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Elis Humble Listless Gridders, 28-0, Tie Dartmouth for Ivy League Title | 11/21/1981 | See Source »

When the constitution draft for the proposed Undergraduate Council was completed last month, members of the committee that drew up the document said they were confident it would sail through all necessary channels with only minor changes and would be implemented by next semester...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Unexpected Delay | 11/14/1981 | See Source »

...GOOD INTENTIONS could be staged it would be "hats-in-the-air, heart-in-the-mouth time" for the American theatre: the American Premiere Stage has managed to hoist its flag and sail out in search of American playwrights to produce--those orphans adrift in our media-swamped culture. I assumed the greatest obstacles confronting the APS would be castrating cuts in federal arts spending, the reluctance of audiences and corporations to take a chance on new and experimental works, and, as anyone who has ever slogged through a heap of unsolicited playscripts can attest, a shortage of talent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Broken Cookies and Bourgeois Mediocrity | 11/14/1981 | See Source »

...episode after another illustrates the young man's strength. After an abortive attempt at insurrection on his native Corsica, Bonaparte flees the island in a dingy. The boat has no oars, but he has stolen the Tricolor from a government building and makes a jury-rigged sail out of it. Caught in a storm at sea, Napoleon at once contends with nature and embodies the destiny of France. As his boat yaws wildly amid the swells, a sign flashes on the screen saying that Napoleon is "the defiant sport of the ocean" and is being "carried to the triumphant Heights...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: A Triumphant 'Napoleon' | 11/13/1981 | See Source »

However, as additional survivors of the swamped boat were interviewed by authorities, a more likely story was pieced together. The Haitians admitted that after leaving their country, they landed in eastern Cuba. The refugees stayed there nearly a month repairing their boat, then set sail once again for the U.S., but quickly were washed up on a tiny island just off the Cuban coast. La Nativité- returned to Cuba; finally, around Oct. 23, the Cubans supplied the Haitians with food, water and cooking utensils, and then towed La Nativité out to sea - and toward Florida. The catastrophe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death in the Morning | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

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