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...libel suit was a minor slap in the face compared to the incident that followed. Five days after the article appeared, demonstrators from a building and trade union that has vigorously supported Rizzo in Philadelphia politics began assembling across the street of the Inquirer building at midday. By 3 p.m. enough men had gathered to block sidewalks and close off the Inquirer's entrances preventing delivery trucks from entering or leaving. The picketers carried signs saying "When is the Inquirer going to start telling the truth," and "The Inquirer is a biased paper." They closed their ranks tight enough...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: The Real Broad Street Bully | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

Alex Gibney scored on a short slap shot in the closing minutes of the game yesterday to give Yale's Morse College a 5-4 triumph over Kirkland House Harvard's previously undefeated intramural hockey champion...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Morse College Outlasts K-House Skaters, 5-4; Elis Spoil Kirkland Comeback With Late Tally | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

...Crimson icemen pressed to get back in the game, Morse goalic Rick Smith rose to the occasion. With ten minutes left, he took a slap shot in the face and was visibly dazed, but seconds later still came up with a leg save to blunt a Kirkland threat...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Morse College Outlasts K-House Skaters, 5-4; Elis Spoil Kirkland Comeback With Late Tally | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

...Sino-American relations, which Kissinger did much to restore after a 23-year break, have gone from sweet to sour. Some diplomats insist that Richard Nixon's invitation from Peking was designed not only as an honor for the ex-President but also as a slap at Kissinger for appeasing the Russians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: A Growing U.S.-and Global-Concern | 3/15/1976 | See Source »

...final stanza, however, was somewhat more respectable, as Dave Bell picked up two goals with his booming slap shot from the power play point. Bell blasted one past Durocher just 48 seconds into the third with Fidler in the penalty box, and again at 10:50 with Ken Kuzyk...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: B.U. Humiliates Harvard, 8-4, in ECAC Semifinal | 3/13/1976 | See Source »

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