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...earn fifth-place honors, the third-seeded booters came from behind to upend Texas A&M, 4-2, Saturday, and edged Oregon yesterday after losing to the tournament's surprise team and eventual runner-up University of Central Florida (UCF), 2-0, in Friday's quarterfinals...

Author: By William A. Danoff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Booters Defeat A&M, Oregon To Finish Fifth at Nationals | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

That represents the movie's bow to realism. Its comic spirit is exercised mainly through repeated shots of Field running awkwardly down roads and railroad tracks in heels of perilous height. The variant on this gag is to have something or someone upend her in order to show her tight skirts stretching across her admittedly adorable bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Detour | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...Orleans. Hunker down, Dawgs. Herschel Walker, Rex Robinson, Buck Belue. Are these names out of a storybook? No, they're members of top-ranked, 11-0, Georgia. Notre Dame blew its shot at the national crown with a loss to USC last week, but retains a good chance to upend Vince Dooley's Bulldogs. The Irish magic will fall short, however, and Georgia will prevail, 19-13, despite Notre Dame's remarkably staunch defense...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Don't Get Bowled Over | 12/13/1980 | See Source »

NOTEBOOK: All those who watched UCLA upend top-ranked Notre Dame, 54-50, caught a glimpse of Crimson coach Frank McLaughlin on the College Basketball Report at halftime. McLaughlin, interviewed as one of Digger Phelps' former assistant coaches at Notre Dame who now heads his own coaching staff, referred to Harvard as "the greatest academic institution in the world." Crimson Stats HARVARD 76, BROWN 57' at the IAB HARVARD FG FT REB ASS PF TP Mannix 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 2 Coatsworth 2-7 0-0 9 1 4 4 Allen...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Cagers Dump Brown | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Every aspect of the IAB "pickup" basketball is competitive. For instance, in an exciting game played yesterday at 1:45, the "skins" overcame an 11-8 deficit to upend the highly favored "shirts...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Hooping It Up at the IAB | 3/14/1978 | See Source »

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