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Well...maybe they didn't all view Restic as the greatest thing to happen to Harvard football since Percy Haughton (three national titles between 1910-13), but many of his players spoke with emotion and respect--if not always surprise--about Restic's announcement that he would resign at the end of the 1993 season...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Not All Players Surprised by Coach's Departure | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

TRAVEL WRITERS DO YOUR TRAVELING for you, crime writers do your murdering for % you, and food writers eat lavishly at absurd expense so that you need not bother. Such a deal -- but hark! Novelist Haughton Murphy does all this and is funny in the bargain. His hero is an elderly, retired lawyer named Reuben Frost, who keeps getting into other people's trouble. In this seventh outing in the series, A VERY VENETIAN MURDER (Simon & Schuster; $19), Frost and his wife Cynthia are taking their ease in Venice when someone murders an American dress designer. The soft-boiled detective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Apr. 27, 1992 | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

...retired attorney Reuben Frost, is one of the suspects. Together with his wife Cynthia and his friend Detective Luis Bautista, Frost searches for the real culprit. Their investigation leads to the boardrooms of his old firm, power lunches at Manhattan's toniest club, and the swimming pools of Rio. Haughton Murphy (the pseudonym of James Duffy, a retired Manhattan lawyer) writes with inside information and civilized wit. The fifth adventure of Mr. and Mrs. Frost makes them the most enjoyable pair of married sleuths since Mr. and Mrs. North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Summer Reading | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

Pitt, which is also expected to be in the running, is swimming at Easterns for the first time in seven years. The Panthers, who are coming off a victory in the Big East meet, are led by Celeste Makiel, Cindy Rose, Judy Haughton, and Marion Cassidy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eastern Aquawomen Clash at Blodgett for Title | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

Head Coach Percy Haughton, Class of 1899, was rumored to have strangled a bulldog just prior to the 1908 Yale game. Haughton, known as an innovator for his staffing and scouting systems, oversaw a 33-game winning streak during his nine-year stint--and also developed three-time All-America Edward W. Mahan...

Author: By David M. Lazarus, | Title: Once Upon a Time, Harvard Was a National Powerhouse | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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