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Even if this baseball analogy meant nothing to you, empathize with the Crimson's sophomore netminder Jimmy Murray. A long bomb from center ice which was supposed to give B.U. enough time to change lines, seemed to surprise Murray and he let it handcuff him. It was a key goal for B.U. and Harvard's goalie knew it. His head slumped in disappointment until Levy Byrd, representing the whole team, glided by and whacked him on the pads to show him that the squad still supported...

Author: By Richard W. Edifman, | Title: Out in Left Field | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

...Nixon continued, under the new law "we may well have been unable to respond" in the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, the Congo rescue operation in 1964 and other international crises that called for strong U.S. action. Moreover, he charged, the restrictions "give every future Congress the ability to handcuff every future President merely by doing nothing and sitting still," since the Chief Executive needs specific approval to continue operations past the 90-day mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Limiting the Power to Wage War | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

Mike O'Malley and Barry Malinowski are scheduled to start against the men in grey. Both O'Malley and Malinowski won their last starts and should be able to handcuff the weak-hitting Cadet batmen...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Batmen's Hopes for EIBL Crown Rest On Away Contests With Cornell, Army | 5/11/1973 | See Source »

...release of a special Afro-American Review Committee report, Ewart Guinier '33, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department, hit hard at the report this week. Guinier called the drafters of the report "nincompoops" and said that the Harvard Administration "is busy cooking up all sorts of maneuvers to handcuff" his Department...

Author: By Robin Freedberg, | Title: Guinier Breaks a Long Silence | 11/18/1972 | See Source »

...Instead of putting the best minds at Harvard in the Administration to find ways to help our Department carry out its mandates, the Administration is busy cooking up all sorts of maneuvers to handcuff us, put chains around our legs, and tell us 'run, so we can laugh at you'," he said...

Author: By Robin Freedberg, | Title: Guinier Breaks a Long Silence | 11/18/1972 | See Source »

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