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...became the first individual ever to win three Academy Awards in one night: the first for his adaptation of Ragtime Composer Scott Joplin's music for The Sting, the second and third for the score and title song of The Way We Were. After his final sprint to center stage, Hamlisch said to the audience: "I think we can talk to each other as friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Marvelous Marv | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...they came through the Western Avenue Bridge, 30 strokes from the finish line, Yale was up by a seat. 'Cliffe coxswain Nancy Hadley called for a sprint, and her crew responded with a magnificent surge of power. Moving on Yale with every stroke, Radcliffe pulled ahead by half a length by the end of the race...

Author: By Ellen A. Cooper and Andrew P. Quigley, S | Title: Radcliffe Fours, Eights Demolish Foes; Weekend Regattas End Perfect Season | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...both rode for the Fuji Northeast Team--were separated only by the final sprint with Bates flashing by his teammate to cover the 29 miles in one hour and 15 minutes...

Author: By David J. States, | Title: Rain and Accidents Mar Bicycle Race | 5/14/1974 | See Source »

Gary Klein, an MIT student and a Fuji rider, had to wait for the final sprint to beat the rest of the chasing pack and capture third...

Author: By David J. States, | Title: Rain and Accidents Mar Bicycle Race | 5/14/1974 | See Source »

Harvard refused to grow shaky and blow the race, however, rowing steadily through the third 500 meters and pulling even farther ahead. Wisconsin pulled up ever so slightly at the 1600-meter mark and then the Crimson went into its sprint, rowing easily and beautifully into the slight headwind to finish the course in 6:02.8, five seconds ahead of Wisconsin and eight in front of Northeastern...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Harvard Crews Sweep to Five of Six Titles In Outstanding Performance at Eastern Sprints | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

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