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After a second quarter of skillful play constantly missed opportunities, Harvard got down to business. Fred Akuffo grabbed a pass from winger Dudley Blodget far out in the field, took it past several B.U. defenders and slammed it by Lack.

Author: By Jonathan B. Marks, | Title: Soccer Team Ruins B. U. | 10/4/1965 | See Source »

Help for Hotels. The young mayor, a lawyer who had never held political office before 1961, has proved prodigiously skillful at extracting federal money to help revitalize his city. With some $70 million he has brought home from Washington so far, Detroit has resurfaced many of its streets, built a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit: Restoring the Heart | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

The curious thing about Spain's defeat of the U.S. in last week's Davis Cup interzone semifinal was that it wasn't even an upset. True, Spain had never exactly been a world power in tennis, but it did boast the world's best clay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Pain in Spain | 8/27/1965 | See Source »

There is a great deal of good acting in the production, but none to measure up to Leonard Baker's exceptionally tasteful Plume. There-are a thousand temptations in this role; Baker is on stage almost constantly and is free to enlist the audience's sympathy with a little skillful...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Trumpets and Drums | 8/9/1965 | See Source »

Yet one does not feel sorry for rates as he travels this Faustian road to degeneration. If a young man should have to go to ruin anywhere, Crete is a highly scenic spot to do it. The skillful photography in Zorba elaborates this point, as well as the delightful Greek...

Author: By Daniel J. Singal, | Title: Zorba the Greek | 8/5/1965 | See Source »

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