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...Crimson began the second half by adding four points to its 57-48 halftime lead, thanks to a quick jumper by Allen and a steal by the pressing defense. Once again Harrigan prevented Harvard from blowing the game wide open by pumping in four more buckets for Brandeis...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Hoopsters Hand Judges 96-91 Decision | 2/22/1978 | See Source »

Harvard still had some first--half histrionics waiting in the wings, however. Hooft pumped in a solo jumper and Allen scored off a Konstantynowicz steal in quick succession to notch the game at 47-all with exactly a minute left in the half and raise the IAB crowd to a fever pitch...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Humble Penn in Shocker, 93-86 | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

What little action there is concerns Donny's attempt, masterminded by Teach, to steal a valuable buffalo-head nickel he sold to a customer several days before, unaware of the coin's worth. Teach plans the crime, infecting Donny with his enthusiasm and such telling logic as "You make your own right and wrong...so you know what I'm talking about here, huh?" Finally, Teach and Donny plan the caper, and Bobby is replaced by an absent friend named Fletch, at Teach's insistence...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Wooden Buffalo | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

...Lions, Brando, who was playing a Nazi officer, had the idea that in his death scene he should roll dramatically down a hill and land with his arms outstretched like Christ's. "He does that, I'll walk off the picture," Monty fumed, afraid that Brando would steal the movie. In the printed scene, Brando is simply shot in the head by Dean Martin. Later, however, during Monty's dark days, Brando came to him and tried to help him. "I've always hated you because I want to be better than you," Brando admitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sunny Boy | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...round, jovial face won him more than a hundred supporting roles. Playing a happy-go-lucky buffoon, he worked in such films as Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields, The Affairs of Annabel with Lucille Ball and Tin Pan Alley with Alice Faye. A consummate ogler, Oakie could steal a scene by simply looking at a girl's legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 6, 1978 | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

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