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...factor in the Quaker spurt was John Engles, a burly 6 ft. 8 in. sophomore who scored eight out of Penn's ten points in building a 68-64 lead with 3:24 to play. At that point the Quaker center, who scored 16 points, picked up his fifth personal foul and was forced to leave the game. "It was kind of nice for him to foul out," Sanders said wryly...
Penn led 44-34 at the half on the strength of a spurt that saw the Quakers's last nine out of ten baskets come from inside. Ron Haigler scored 12 of his 14 points in the first 20 minutes and dominated offensive play...
...second half was no better. Sanders tried substituting and a short Harvard spurt brought the crowd alive. But UConn regrouped and continued to pour the points in, despite a fullcourt press by the Crimson...
...little less spark than usual, not only among the students but among the citizens outside the walls of the Yard. In fact, at candidates meetings during the past month, the candidates have found themselves outnumbering the electorate. It would be hard to imagine local issues contesting the recent spurt of national news for priority in the voters' minds, but if political interest isn't generated at the local level, and crimes and more crimes dampen the American electorate's interest in politics at the national level, what's left? If not the people, it must be the system. Fran Schumer...
...addition, Gaddafi insists on a nation's right to control its own oil, and he is probably determined to remain out in front of the other producing countries in securing that right from Western oil firms. If other OPEC members imitate his takeover demands, world petroleum prices could spurt upward even faster...