Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Captain Lou Silver put on his usual sterling performance as he connected for 19 points and gathered in 18 rebounds, both game highs for the Crimson. Senior guard Mike Griffin scored 17 points in the contest and junior Bill Carey added 11 more...
Harvard was up by eight points at halftime and increased its lead in the second half as it was paced by 14 points apiece by Silver and towering (6-9) sophomore Brian Banks. Silver minded the backboards as he gathered in 15 rebounds for the Crimson...
...London Sunday Times snidely observed, bought herself "two access tunnels to Dover's Shakespeare cliffs." Some Britons, however, are undoubtedly delighted. Their country will remain what William Gladstone called "Happy England. Happy that the wise dispensation of Providence has cut her off by that streak of silver sea . . . partially from dangers, absolutely from the temptations which attend upon the local neighborhood of the continental nations." As for the French, it would still have been a long way to Tipperary, anyway. Unless, of course, Monsieur Billecocq was looking ahead to the even greater improbability of an Anglo-Irish chunnel...
...best previous year, General Manager Paul Karow ruminates: "We sit around and try to figure this out. Either our skiers refuse to believe the economy, or they have a doomsday syndrome: they think that they'll be in the breadlines next year." Meanwhile, on snowy slopes and silver beaches, middle-class Americans are engaging in the pursuit of happiness more passionately than ever...
...shows are worth watching but of very uneven quality. A very funny bit about "historical impersonations" featuring Graham Hill impersonating St. John the Baptist--the moustachioed, goggle-girded head of the racing car driver speeding across stage on top of a silver platter with Indy 500 noises on the soundtrack--can be followed by dismal material about a football team explaining "Why We Love the Yangtze...