Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MENCKEN would have enjoyed No Big Deal: certainly in the strangled locutions of Fidrych he would have had dozens of entries for his Dictionary of the American Language. Tom Clark spent five days interviewing Fidrych and the product is this engaging, somewhat sophomoric account of the player's short career. Clark organized the narrative with some witty captions, which are an incongruously deadpan contrast to Fidrych's fractured lingo...
George Hughes got his first of two goals (and first of four for the family) of the night after only 39 seconds had elapsed. Continuous Harvard pressure in the Vermont zone resulted in a pretty scoring play, as freshman Tom Murray took a pass from Gene Purdy and laid it smack on the stick of Hughes parked in the slot. George's wrist shot flew over the left shoulder of Vermont netminder Tony Frost into the cage for a 1-0 Harvard lead...
...Paul, where Planned Parenthood opened a new headquarters and a clinic for abortions and birth control, the building was doused with gasoline and set afire earlier this year. Rebuilt, it now is being picketed daily. Says Tom Webber, executive director of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota: "They say the rosary here. They chant it in a circle on our front sidewalk. A nun even splashed our building with holy water. My life has been threatened a number of times, all in the name of a higher morality...
...Bulldogs looked sharp, driving to near midfield, but they too hit a snag when Tom Masterson picked off a Rizzo pass. On their next possession, after they had once more forced Harvard to punt by sacking Brown, the Elis drove crisply to the Crimson 20 before a holding penalty short-circuited the foray...
...good spring," Horn says. He points to the increasing expertise of co-captains Russell Long and Jim Hammitt, and the depth provided by other skippers such as Steve Strittmatler, Nick Stone and Andy Efstathiou. Horn notes that the team has survived the loss of last year's co-captains Tom Reps and All-American Terry Neff, without going into a tailspin. Now he says all the Crimson skippers need before they have a truly superlative season is a lot more sailing time...