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...epic that began with the capture of the plane as it neared the gulf and continued during stops at the Iranian city of Mashhad and the Cypriot city of Larnaca before reaching a seven-day standoff in Algiers. For many of the 31 hostages inside the aircraft, the tipoff to approaching | freedom came when the hijackers began systematically wiping overhead compartments and doorways to erase their fingerprints. Then, following a plan apparently worked out in advance with Algerian negotiators, they quietly left the aircraft and vanished into the North African night. There were reports that the hijackers were flown...
...thought of games at Briggs, with the good ole Harvard band straggling in minutes before tipoff to crank out the Star Spangled Banner--sometimes...
This week's tipoff: don't miss the CBS halftime show of Saturday's Arkansas-Georgetown game...
Meanwhile, the Harvard men's basketball team takes on New York University in a 7:30 p.m. tipoff Monday at Briggs Cage. The Crimson, holder of a 5-7 record but mired in a two-game losing streak, will look to get back in the win column against the Violets, who in their first year with a varsity basketball program have looked impressive...
...many of the participants in this mad rush, each UCLA home basketball contest is more than just a game--it's an event. It starts the night before the opening tipoff and extends at least a half-hour after the last second ticks off the game clock. These are the Pauley Pavillion Overnighters, and for five months every year Bruin basketball becomes their life...