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In the first half, Harvard's six-point lead caused Yale to call a worried time-out. Then the Elis administered a zone press as Yale guards Rich Stone and Bob McCallum forced Harvard into numerous turnovers. Royer and Kanuth triggered a short comeback which cut the Yale lead from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Topples Hoopsters, 100 - 75 | 2/25/1967 | See Source »

Two out of every three polled feel they can compete equally with the make in professional life. About the same number plan to attend a graduate school after college, while less than one-third plan to go to professional school. Eighty-seven per cent of the girls intend to work...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Malaise at Afternoon Tea: A Portrait Of Wellesley and the Girls Who Go There | 2/14/1967 | See Source »

Hard on the Hearing. Auerbach's temper is legendary: when the Celtics blew a six-point lead against the New York Knickerbockers one night recently, he called a time-out and gave them a dressing down in full hearing of practically everybody at Madison Square Garden. "Oh, did I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Basketball: The Man | 1/14/1966 | See Source »

Tory backbenchers, spoiling for a fight, wanted to press this advantage, but Sir Alec replied that Wilson deserved a chance to govern-and that a partisan time-out was in the nation's best interests. He used the hiatus to reorganize the Tories into fighting trim, resolved to do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Last of the Amateurs | 7/30/1965 | See Source »

The timer, gun in hand, was counting down the last five seconds of the quarter when Munro sauntered up behind him intent on the action. The timer, in turn intent upon his clock, reached zero, struck the gun out to the side and fired-directly into Munro's face. The...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: Soccer Team Whips Bulldogs, 3-1 | 11/24/1962 | See Source »

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