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...laboriously constructed lead almost fell apart in the ninth. McCandlish walked his third man of the game and after a foul out got the Eagle catcher to hit a double play ball to Cobb at third. But when second baseman Neil Houston couldn't handle Cobb's low throw and McCandlish added a walk the bases were loaded...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Nine Tops Boston College | 5/8/1967 | See Source »

Friendship: A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

...only a point with 15 seconds to go, the Warriors still might have won if Barry had been able to see anything but Wilt looming between him and the backboard. Barry's hopeless shot sailed far off target, and the 76ers picked up another two points on a foul. Final score: Philadelphia 125, San Francisco 122, thus giving the 76ers their first championship and ending Wilt's eight-year frustration over the fact that he had never been on a title-winning team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: Sweet Revenge | 5/5/1967 | See Source »

...last period saw a foul in the draw give the Crimson a free throw which it efficiently turned into a score. Cain scooped up the ball from a big pileup in front of the goal and stopped just short of the crease to put it away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Laxmen Top Williams, 11-6; Cain Slams in Five Goals | 5/4/1967 | See Source »

...Doing. The concern of the State Department has been to convince the Kremlin that Svetlana's defection was entirely her own doing-a conviction that should come easier when it reads her extraordinary statement about why she left Russia (see box). To demonstrate its innocence of any foul play, Washington decided that Svetlana could not come directly to the U.S., instead found temporary refuge for her in Switzerland. Sensitive to Russian pressures, the Swiss granted her a visa only on the condition that she stay out of sight and do nothing that could be interpreted as a slam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russians: Hello There, Everybody | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

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