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...market does not go up and stay up, it is due for a drop. Reason: in Gould's view, human nature can rarely stand more than three tries at anything. If, for instance, a salesman rings three doorbells and fails to make a sale, he is likely to skip the fourth and take in a movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: The Gould Rush to Sell | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

...Harvard Stadium record in the javelin fell for the second time in four days when Dartmouth's Skip Cummins chucked his spear 240 feet 8 inches. Freshman Dave Kinney trailed with a toss of 238 feet 4 inches, as the top three finishers all bettered the 233 feel 8 inches mark set on Saturday...

Author: By Christopher B. Wright, | Title: Trackmen Beat Green; 'Cliffe Falters | 4/14/1976 | See Source »

...offensive rebound and follow-up jumper by Skip Comek put Leverett ahead for good, 44-42, at the start of the extra session. After a trade of foul shots, Lewis relieved the suspense with a 15-footer from the right side...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Leverett Tops Eliot, 51-46, Snaring Basketball Crown | 3/18/1976 | See Source »

Every ref adds his personal flourish to his calls, especially some flamboyant types whom fans call pejoratively "hop, skip, and a jump-you're a chump refs." Nevertheless Diehl says that positioning and hand signalling have become basically uniform...

Author: By Robert I. W. sidorsky, | Title: Traffic Cops In Bloody-Nose Alley It's a long, hard climb from the snakepits to the ECAC big time. | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

...Providence, Brown and Dartmouth did their best to out-do the B.U.B.C. game in excitement. Skip Stovern netted the game-winner at 8:14 of the extra session...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: B.U., Cornell, Brown Take Thrillers; Crimson Icers Face Terriers Friday | 3/10/1976 | See Source »

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