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...error and two walks loaded the bases for Harvard in the tension-packed fifth inning, setting the stage for the first home run of Thomas's Harvard career. The grand-slam drive to right field sent the Crimson to a 6-2 lead, but the game was far from over. In fact, things were just getting warmed up. The fireworks were yet to come...
...hatred of others-her academic clod of a husband, George Tesman (Peter Eyre), for example, and her onetime lover, the writer Eilert Luvborg (Patrick Stewart). Her wrath stems from the fact that she has betrayed her own Dionysian will to freedom. She is an older Nora who failed to slam the door on parochialism, co vention and hypocrisy. Jackson reduces all that to the level of cocktail-party sarcasm and suburban jitters...
When Connors was barred from the French Open in 1974, he lost the chance to become only the third male player (Don Budge and Laver were the others) to win the tennis Grand Slam, which includes Wimbledon, Forest Hills and the Australian Open as well as the French Open. Late last week in an unrelated action, A.T.P. Director Jack Kramer filed a $3 million suit against Connors and Riordan accusing them of making "defamatory" statements about...
Havens said he was surprised he had had so much trouble. "I thought he would be nothing but a slam-bang man, but he turned out to be good," he said. "But I wasn't playing very well anyway...
...leader. When he began playing with the A's full time in 1968, he was an angry and confused young man. When he struck out, as he did often enough to lead the league for four consecutive years, he would toss his bat to the ground or slam his batting helmet onto the dugout bench. His morale was not helped by a bitter feud that quickly developed with Finley. This dispute, which began over salary and spread in 1970 to Jackson's quality of play, reached a peak late that summer. While crossing the plate after hitting...