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Brokering: also known as "farming out." A lawyer gives a case to another lawyer for a "forwarding fee." An efficient if often unethical way to make money. See "ten-point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Boxcars and Rainmakers: A Glossary | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...Warriors held a comfortable ten-point lead with 3:38 to go in regulation play, and looked like a sure bet to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA divisional championships, when a referee ejected Marquette's 6-ft., 10-in. center Jerome Whitehead from the game for a flagrant personal, a two-shot foul...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marquette Loses, Penn Stays Alive In NCAA Tourney | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...Crimson came back to close it to 37-33 at the intermission, prompting coach Frank McLaughlin to deliver a healthy spank to sparkplug Fine's rump as the squad entered the locker room. But Princeton quickly opened a ten-point lead in the second stanza, and the orangemen kept it there until the five-minute mark. And then they mopped...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Tiger Cagers Break Loose, Tame Crimson, 79-65 | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...Louisville targets suspects with two previous felony convictions or five arrests. Washington concentrates on parolees who are arrested again, for a crime of violence; Detroit zeros in on three-time offenders charged with murder, rape, household burglary and armed robbery. Boston uses a "case evaluation form," based on a ten-point penalty system. Penalty points are given for brutality, use of firearms, parole or bail status at the time of the crime, and even strength of the evidence against the suspect. Any suspect who gets ten points or more gets the Major Violator treatment. "It's almost like being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Stopping Crime as a Career | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Harvard, one of the contenders. Harvard, the leader three weeks ago, the underdog Saturday. Harvard, psyched out of its mind, ready to defy the oddsmakers who made the Crimson a ten-point underdog, ready to make up for last year's 21-7 loss inflicted upon it by these same Elis at the Stadium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Do You Say to a Four-Way Tie? | 11/11/1977 | See Source »

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