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After a quick exchange of baskets, UNH sharpshooter Robin Dixon brought the Wildcats to within one at 71-70 with a 15-ft. swish, and Carrabino took an elbow to that eye that put him on the bench for a minute and a half...
That 20-foot swish by Mannix was the last field goal in regulation time--which ended at 50-50--for either team. The Crimson's forty-ninth point--the first of two Fleming foul shots--marked the junior forward's 1263rd career point, and made him the Crimson's all-time leading scorer, pushing him past Keith Sedlacek who finished his career in 1966 with 1262 points. Fleming led all scorers in the game with 24 points...
...Stephen Perry's ranch near Galveston, Texas, a black cloud of insects settles on a herd of grazing cattle. The cows frantically swish their tails, trying ineffectively to brush off the bugs. One by one the cows drop dead-40 in all. Scientists at Texas A. & M. veterinary laboratories determine that as much as 5 gal. of blood has been sucked from some of the animals, more than half of a cow's normal blood supply...
Shushing the swish-swish...
...generate 2,000 kw of electricity, it is also, it seems, the world's noisiest. Besides dominating the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains landscape-or despoiling it, as some of those living near by complain-the monster rattles windows, bounces cups and saucers and creates an irritating swish-swish...