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...Crimson did not own the copyright on winning tie-breakers, though. Columbia's number four, Jeff Silver, opened his match against Gerken with a 7-6 first-set victory. But Gerken was not about to let Silver spoil his Palmer Dixon debut and he came back to smoke the Lions, taking a pair of 6-3 sets without much trouble...

Author: By Jack Donley, | Title: Racquetmen Stick It to Columbia, 6-3 | 4/23/1977 | See Source »

...first night at the Palomar started slow. The band knew the engagement was their chance to hit the big time, and they did not want to spoil it with the crazy beat that sent their Denver audience back to the box office. They kept a lid on at first. The audience sat unimpressed. Then the bandleader tossed aside all caution and the band cut loose with a swinging dance tempo and a set of upbeat numbers like the "King Porter Stomp." The young audience got to their feet and went ape. Kids across the country heard the joyful noise...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: The Eternal Kingdom of Swing | 3/17/1977 | See Source »

...second thought, don't spoil this music by keeping tuned for words. Find a stereo system with a couple o 100 watt speakers. And play that Georgia rhythm...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Loud, Hot 'Lanta Honky-Tonk | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

...rolled away before it exploded, killing Amin's driver. He has often said that he has been told in a dream exactly when and how he is going to die. "But I cannot tell you," he once remarked to TIME Correspondent Lee Griggs, "because that would spoil the suspense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Amin:The Wild Man of Africa | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

Brock is not irrevocably lost. His shrewd shuttle diplomacy in hell puts him in a unique position to demand a reward. To reveal what that is would spoil the reader's fun, but the prize under lines the irony of the sign that greeted him in the Second Circle: "Hell is where you are free to be yourself, and nothing but yourself." Mayo Mohs

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Some Like It Hot | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

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