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ABOUT this time of year, I'd really like to slam my door shut, hang out my "Do Not Disturb" sign and just hide, because there are so many things that I am so incredibly sick...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: A Remedy for the Harvard Sickness | 3/24/1989 | See Source »

Kareem's association with Khaalis was brief, but a vague connection to mystery and darkness lingered. Unlike Wilt Chamberlain, who slouched in layup drills and favored finger rolls over slam dunks, Kareem lacked the good taste to be chagrined by his size, to shrink himself down to tradition, to hide the shame of his incongruous talents. He was as tall as Chamberlain and yet as agile as Bill Russell. "His sky hook," says Russell, who seldom rhapsodizes, "is the most beautiful thing in sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: An Ominous Giant's Farewell | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

...turnevery phase of its game up a notch. Its passeswere more crisp, its defense was more inspired andits press was more fear-some. The result was thatYale's scorching 62 percent first-half shootingplummeted to a more seasonal 43 percent, and theCrimson converted on numerous steals, including athunderous breakaway slam by Ron Mitchell on afeed from Gielen...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: James' 26 Points Lead Cagers Over Yale | 2/11/1989 | See Source »

Searches by two major Protestant churches typify the mysterious, arduous process of "calling." -- The feds slam ptl' s fallen star Jim Bakker (but not Tammy) with a giant fraud indictment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page December 19, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 5 | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

While Harvard's confident play disappearedduring a 12-2 run by the Engineers in the nextfour minutes, Mitchell seemed to spark the Crimsonwith another resounding slam. On the play, the6-ft., 7-in. freshman rose about two feet abovethe rim to grab Carter's missed turnaround jumper...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Engineers Bombard M. Cagers | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

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