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...visual jokes are imaginative and successful. A "bullet" sequence parodies some of the cliches of silent film comedy; a threatening group sneaks up behind someone who turns around with a frown, and they scamper away in terror. This is set to music that is its perfect complement. But elsewhere the music is less successful: it is scattered, somehow, never coming together to a really memorable tune or grand chorus, rarely providing the aural punch to go along with visual jokes...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Slightly Foxed | 3/1/1975 | See Source »

Kirkland House's tackle football team led twice, but Calhoun-Berkeley came from behind to win, 15-14. Al Yates broke loose for a 53-yard touchdown scamper, and quarterback Gary Fratesi plunged over from one yard out to give Kirkland a 14-7 lead...

Author: By Hugh M. Nesbit, | Title: Houses Win 13 of 22 Contests; Eliot Takes Soccer Title, 3-1 | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

Directly across three quarters of a mile of river, beyond the sandbars that have appeared at low tide to wallow in the shallows like huge sea lions, there are signs of activity on "the Indian side." Small children scamper from house to house--16 identical government prefabs staring blankly across the blue through 16 identical broken picture windows. The wind sends whirlwinds of dust spinning frantically over the grassless strip of riverbank and single row of Monopoly board houses. Eventually, three or four boats, loaded to the brim, start off down the river to the estuary where the freight boat...

Author: By Janny P. Scott, | Title: Indian Summer | 10/16/1974 | See Source »

...bomb from Doyle to Bob Fernandez set up the second touchdown, with fullback Tyrell "Hurricane" Hennings carrying it in. The last big play was a 35-yard jaunt by Doyle, followed by a Greg Daniels scamper for a score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elis Shut Out Brown For First Ivy Victory; Tigers Edge Dartmouth; Quakers Tie Big Red | 10/15/1974 | See Source »

Crimson fullback Tom Lincoln finally cracked through the Bulldog secondary on a 65-yard touchdown scamper late in the third quarter. But Yale retaliated two minutes into the fourth period as Rose again scored, this time from the one-yard line...

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: Bullpups Trip Freshmen; Grid Rally Fizzles, 20-19 | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

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