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...find Frank Konstantynowicz, a slick playmaker, and his backcourt mate Bob Allen, a towering guard of 6 ft. 4 in. who can still shoot the lights out. They're joined by a host of burly forwards like Mark Hadley, Andy Duda, Peter Clancy, and Roger Crosier, who has been forced out of action by an injury so far this season...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: High School Whiz Beaulieu Turns Down the Big Time, Stays Close to Home to Play Basketball for the Crimson | 11/20/1976 | See Source »

...couple of pairs, one of your everyday unbalanced domestic quadrangles, in fact. Jerry loves Sally Mathias-and Ruth Conant, but is married only to Ruth. Sally loves herself and Jerry-but is married to Richard Mathias. Richard, who sees himself as "a teacher of worldliness," once had a brief, slick affair with Ruth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Uncouples | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

...similarities it bore to last year's Harvard-Penn contest were as weird as the men's room at Lamont--a sluggish game, that the Crimson dominated throughout, an injury to Jim Kubacki on a slick tartan surface upon which he claims he enjoys playing, a final score which doesn't quite do justice to Harvard's superiority...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Pennsylvania Turnovers Recharge Crimson, 20-8 | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

Considering this new mentality, the most recent addition to Boston area feminist newspapers, Equal Times, will probably meet with considerable success. At any rate, it has all the markings of the socially palatable feminism getting passed around these days: slick-looking, personal but not solidarity-oriented writing, Equal Times is, ultimately, a tribute to this new brand of feminism...

Author: By Pooh Shapiro, | Title: PULP | 10/28/1976 | See Source »

...Neil is one of the city's best-known politicians. His stereotypical Irish pol looks--stocky build, slick white hair, and bulldog face--constant jokes and vicious racism make up his now familiar act. While newspaper articles on O'Neil recount his actions humorously, few seriously examine and explain the rise of this well-publicized but rather ineffective politician...

Author: By Mike Kendall, | Title: Rider on a Storm | 10/16/1976 | See Source »

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