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...alert Chris Arbery burst through to snatch the ball away as the Engineers haplessly scrambled for it. Arbery ran about 20 meters before being hit, and then pitched to the trailing Roberts, who rambled through three defenders for the score...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Rugby | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...give his audience in plays such as Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Loot and What the Butler Saw. Through shock, Orton sought to shake up British society. We are given a hint of the stuffy British upbringing Orton received, but too little a taste of Orton's literary product. A snatch of dialogue here or there doesn't convey the playwright's reputed genius. We have to take his word...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Prick Up Your Ears | 5/27/1987 | See Source »

...world. In any event, the wind doesn't "sing" through the Aleppo pines in these parts so much as it tries to uproot them (the hardest evidence of its vigor is on the barn's tin roof; but for the weight of a slew of dead tires, nature would snatch away that galvanized hat). Violets grow in the yard year-round and tulips in spring. Off in one direction the Whetstone Mountains glower; in another, the Empire Mountains; in another, the Huachucas; in another, the Dragoons, big and little. Birds in the air include meadowlarks, a splash of yellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arizona: Books on a Ranch | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

...Providence, R.I., Saturday night, the Crimson will hope for a repeat of its performance against the Bruins two weeks ago. In that game, the Crimson shot a blistering 61 percent from the field and dominated the Bruins with its strong inside game to snatch a 88-75 victory...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: W. Cagers Hit the Road Seek a .500 Ivy Season | 2/20/1987 | See Source »

...Holy Cross last year, the gridders stagedtheir now-famous comeback, scoring 21 points in 41seconds to snatch a 28-20 victory over theCrusaders. All three rally touchdowns were playsof 25 yards or more...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Singing the Multiflex Blues | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

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