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...stalled in neutral for most of the tilt, but caught fire in the waning minutes to cut Harvard's lead to only a bucket several times. A slew of penalty foul situations at the end kept the Crimson in front, as they hit 11 of 12 from the charity stripe...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Cagers Startle Crowd, Brown; 68-64 Win Ends Losing Streak | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...advantage, this one coming on assists from Kevin O'Donoghue and Mike Clasby, who was substituting for an injured Gene Purdy. Hughes's shot from in close was partially deflected by Laycock, but the elusive little puck hopped over the latter's shoulder and landed behind the goal stripe...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Skaters Come Out of Reading Period Sleep, Send Bruins Back In, 4-3, On Late Garrity Goal | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...does not diminish−one experiences a neural alarm he has never in his wildest fears imagined before: This is not an airplane coming toward me, it's a brick, and it is not gliding, it's falling, a fifty-thousand-pound brick, headed not for a stripe on the deck, but for me−and with a horrible smash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Generation Gaffes | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

Hill's staccatto shooting from the perimeter accounted for six field goals while he dropped six from the foul stripe. Rodgers snared five rebounds and Honick paced the offense with six assists. Sophomore Rich Bengal added 6 points coming off the bench as the backcourt combined for 32 points...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Humble Chiefs 73-58; Freshmen Succumb | 12/2/1976 | See Source »

...smiling radiantly-the glowing, cover-girl smile remembered from the days before her troubles all began. To celebrate the occasion, she was stylishly dressed in gaucho pants, a dark, pin-stripe vest and a white blouse, and she was ebullient when she made a brief and jaunty appearance in San Francisco before the newsmen-some of whom applauded-who had covered her story for so long. "It would feel a lot better if I were home right now," she said. Moments later, that was precisely where she was headed. After 14 months in jail, Patty Hearst, 22, was released last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Patty's Million Dollar Release | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

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