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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Those Crimson fans who are still piqued at the football team's loss to Boston University should come to the track bubble at 6 p. m. tonight. There they will see Harvard's indoor track team gain revenge, and plenty of it, in its season-opening meet against the Terriers...

Author: By Wilson Dubose, | Title: Runners Face Terriers In First Indoor Contest | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

Marty put his arm around me and said, "You go freshen up in the ladies' room sweetheart and then we'll see where to put you." I went into the lades' room to see what I could do about an instant transformation into sure-fire star material...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Shooting with the Stars | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

...time spent on the actual filming was not much, but setting up shots and organizing extras and other such chores stretched one or two short hockey sequences into a three-day stint. The hero, Oliver, is a hockey player from Winthrop House, and Jenny (Ali McGraw) comes to see him play. As Ryan O'Neal, who plays Oliver, had never been on skates until two days before, Bill Cleary, the freshman hockey coach, stood in for him on the long shots-wearing a blond wig that curled out from under his helmet (but only an inch or so) just like...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Shooting with the Stars | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

...order to preserve their non-pro status, all the Harvard team-members had to give their pay, which would have been about $100 each, to charity. But at least they get to show off on film. I expect if I am lucky I might see my glove waving in the corner of a rousing-cheer scene, or perhaps the end of the Harvard scarf that was handed out to me (and carefully collected...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Shooting with the Stars | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

...addition to Oliver on the ice they shot Ali in the sidelines (shouting "Knock his block off Oliver!") and Oliver's father on the other side-although that might have been another game. There's a lot happening on location that you never see on screen. I couldn't figure things out exactly, but sometimes we were at Harvard playing Dartmouth, and sometimes at Cornell-with the help of a few banners and some desultory interior decorating. Cornell lent its uniforms on the condition that its team be shown winning, but Dartmouth seemed to consider it an honor...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Shooting with the Stars | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

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