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The Crimson's lack of enthusiasm, in the early stages was offset, to an extent, by some good individual play, but the extra pass, the open men missed, and sloppy teamwork prevented the Crimson from completely embarrassing the Engineers.

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Harvard Booters Breeze Past Mediocre MIT, 5-0 | 9/28/1972 | See Source »

WE have only the strength of a great ideal," intoned Avery Brundage last week in Munich at the Olympic Stadium memorial service for the slain Israeli athletes. "I am sure the public will agree that we cannot allow a handful of terrorists to destroy this nucleus of international cooperation and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dampening the Olympic Torch | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

David Warner's lame, stuttering Claudius is ironical, resilient, self-deprecatingly witty and wistfully sad as he realizes that even an Emperor cannot restore freedom to a people who no longer desire it. This is Playwright John Mortimer's staunch salute to Robert Graves' novels I, Claudius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The View from London | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

Worse yet, Trumper's sex life is painfully complicated by a medical complaint that might embarrass even Alexander Portnoy. Unable to commit himself to risky surgery, Trumper opts for "the water method"-a sloppy palliative that requires him to drink huge amounts of water before and after intercourse to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trumper's Complaint | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

The President's letter surprised Cardinal Cooke and embarrassed Rockefeller, who had backed a substitute bill permitting abortions up to 16 weeks after conception. The fury of pro-abortion forces ripped through Republican suburban strongholds and cut across party lines. In an effort to repair the damage, Presidential Assistant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Abortion Issue | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

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