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...rightfield wall to cinch a 2-1 Pittsburgh victory. Lest it seem like luck, Hebner then helped the Pirates mop up the Giants 9-5 in the final game with a three-run homer. He also provided a vital ninth-inning out by leaping into the stands to snatch a foul ball away from a covey of overeager hometown fans. San Francisco left with the dubious distinction of being the first losing team in three years of playoffs to win so much as a single game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bucs and Birds in a Breeze | 10/18/1971 | See Source »

Almost anyone can write with a certain flair about battlefield heroes. Charles Fair, author of this delightfully eccentric volume, has chosen instead to commemorate the battlefield villain, the truly bad general who invariably manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Regiment of Blunderers | 8/30/1971 | See Source »

...Hindus, who account for three-fourths of the refugees and a majority of the dead, have borne the brunt of the Moslem military's hatred. Even now, Moslem soldiers in East Pakistan will snatch away a man's lungi (sarong) to see if he is circumcised, obligatory for Moslems; if he is not, it usually means death. Others are simply rounded up and shot. Commented one high U.S. official last week: "It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal | 8/2/1971 | See Source »

...Chet the Jet" Chetverhin of Russia is currently in third place and 15-year-old Jan Hoffman of East Germany is in fourth. Petkevich currently trails these two by 54,4 and 21.8 points respectively. Last night he said that he could possibly snatch third place...

Author: By Bradford B. Kopp, | Title: Petkevich Is Still Trailing | 2/25/1971 | See Source »

...weekend Radcliffe was second to M.I.T. in the Victorian Urn Regatta hosted by Radcliffe on the Charles. Fulweiler, with Janice Stroud as crew, fouled out of two races to assure Jones the victory in Division A. Buzzeppo fouled out of the first race and then took all firsts to snatch Division B from Grant and Kellogg, who took one first and six seconds...

Author: By Bradford B. Kopp, | Title: Hard Times Hit Radcliffe Sailors; M.I.T. Wins All But One Regatta | 10/24/1970 | See Source »

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