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...circumstances are the same--an undefeated boat, slightly favored tomorrow--the same results would be a deep disappointment. Over the last eight years, the Crimson has won the Cup five times, but all of the victories were prior to 1968, when Penn snapped Harvard's 34-race unbeaten skein...
...sapiens such a murderous species? Mayhem among gangsters crests periodically, like seasonal floods, to settle grudges or to clarify title to racket real estate. Less organized killing is random and constant-and more difficult to pin down. Our cover story and Essay this week discuss both kinds; analyzing the skein of gang murders in New York and the deep-seated psychology of violence that has no home town...
...Crimson, which owns a victory skein extending over 99 years, is a heavy favorite, although the Administration has the services of Bok, "a known crisis handler", according to a major Boston newspaper...
...incredible skein of dramatic rights, record rights, concert rights, managers' cuts, royalties, subsidiaries and merchandisers' rights (buttons, T shirts) holds Superstar together. But infringement suits and restraining orders, just to keep people from pirating words and music, have cost MCA and Producer-Manager Stigwood $125,000 in lawyers' fees already this year. Their record to date: 15 court actions, dozens of unauthorized shows closed down. With the success of the original LP, Stigwood moved toward developing a stage version and launching touring concerts less than a year ago, only to find that he had been beaten to the punch...
...command. With the incomparable Clemente leading the way (a triple, an opposite-field home run in his first two at-bats), the Bucs jumped off to an early 2-0 lead. Pirate Starter Bob Moose effectively clipped the Oriole wings through five innings, extending the Birds' runless skein to 22 innings. Then Baltimore Leftfielder Don Buford drilled a home run in the sixth. The Orioles tied the game on two singles in the seventh, and it stayed tied until the tenth. With one out, Frank Robinson walked, raced from first to third on Merv Rettenmund's single...