Word: slims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Radcliffe's newly instituted zone defense quite successfully thwarted UNH throughout the first half, forcing the Granite staters to shoot from far out. Although New Hampshire did sneak by two more tallies before the half ended, to take a slim 3-2 lead, play was very even between the teams...
There is a slim chance, however, that the movie will not be a total waste. Rumor has it that Shepherd and Reynolds became what Modern Screen Magazine refers to as a "Woosome twosome" during the filming. If this is true we may just possibly be spared any more attempts by Bogdanovich to turn his girl friend into a star. For the guarantee of no more Cybill Shepherd movies, I would be willing to sit through anything...
Despite those two slim victories, Ford's aid fight rapidly skidded downhill. In both the Senate and the House, the controlling Democrats held party caucuses and voted strongly against further aid to either Cambodia or South Viet Nam. The Democratic Senators argued the matter for more than two hours as South Dakota's James Abourezk led opposition to aid. He complained that the political maneuvering over Cambodia seemed to center more on "whom to blame" when Cambodia falls than on "ending the slaughter...
...Golden Knights put up a fight for a period and a half, holding Harvard to a slim 2-0 margin after the first, then coming back for a goal at 0:44 of the second as Bill Blackwood's shot got past a screened Brian Petrovek. Petro was sharp throughout the game, however, staving off 15 shots (10 in the first period) and allowing two goals before being rested midway through the third...
...when Nilsson, playing a mortal, sings at top volume, what does the superhuman Brunnhilde do? Last week the unlucky lady was Berit Lindholm, a well-known Brunnhilde in Europe making her Met debut. She turned out to be a slim, handsome woman with a thrilling mezzo register, but this did not help her with much of Brunnhilde's important music. Vickers sang Siegmund with wrenching intensity, which worked fine with Nilsson. But in the searing confrontation with Brunnhilde he was dramatically undermatched...