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Holy Cross again went three and out, assisted by the Crimson's most spectacular defensive play of the day. On third-and-4, the Crusaders threw a 20-yard slant over the middle. Junior right cornerback Glenn Jackson dove to break up the pass and force a punt...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football Crusades Past Holy Cross, 52-24 | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

Pitt brushes off the controversy about Harrer's recently discovered SS past and the resulting news stories that suggested Pitt and director Jean-Jacques Annaud were making some kind of glam hero out of a Nazi scuzzbag. "That's a slant people took before they knew all the information," Pitt complains. "You shouldn't speak until you know what you're talking about. That's why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I'm a f______ actor! They hand me a script...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CONVERSATION RUNS THROUGH IT | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...third-and-six from the Bucknell 22-yard-line, with Harvard leading 20-14, sophomore quarterback Rich Linden found Skelton in single coverage on the left sideline, and threw the ball to his top target on a slant route...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Loss Generates Question Marks; Second-Half Woes Continue | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...next series, Skelton climbed to within one of McInally's mark on a 26-yard reception, and he tied it on a 12-yard slant with 10:29 left in the third quarter...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Skelton Sets Mark In First Quarter | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...meet Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) in mid-rant, and our first impression is of a typical New York City cabbie of the old, or native-born, variety, full of mis- and disinformation delivered in a rush that permits no quibbling interruption. Assassination plots both current and historical, a unique slant on the militia movement, even (heaven help us!) inside dope on the Vatican's plans for world domination--the man's a full-service paranoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: FULL-SERVICE PARANOIA | 8/18/1997 | See Source »

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