Word: cinderella
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Philadelphia, the "faded dowager of the East Coast" [June 3], has become Cinderella at the ball...
...this injustice--if one can call it that--aside, the Cinderella climb of Harvard's baseball team from the ash heap of the Eastern League second division to the Omaha College World Series has ended. The 1974 national collegiate baseball champion has yet to be crowned, but for Harvard's Crimson, the midnight chimes have rung.Crimson righthander MIKE O'MALLEY, who had been Harvard's pressure pitcher during the stretch run to the NCAA District I title, came up with another big performance Saturday against Northern Colorado, tossing a six-hitter and striking out ten. Unfortunately, O'Malley's performance...
...tough to follow an act like last spring's Cinderella baseball story. A year ago, Harvard's Crimson squad ran up a phenomenal 35-3 record and nabbed an invitation to the Royal Ball of college baseball, the College World Series in Omaha...
...Cinderella story unfolds a little further. The coach is waiting...
...obvious, but once you try to explain the various subtleties, complications set in. For a long time now film screenplays have been adapted from novels, and it doesn't look as if the practice is fading. Take a look at some of the most recent films: The Last Detail, Cinderella Liberty, Thieves Like Us. The Way We Were, and of course, The Exorcist and The Great Gatsby were all originally novels. And nobody seems to question the transformation. After all, popularizing F. Scott Fitzgerald's portrayal of the decadent twenties isn't exactly literary sacrilege. But more often than...