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When it came time for the Americans to return the hospitality, one of Smith's deputies arranged for a screening of MASH, but the military members of the U.S. delegation objected, insisting on The Longest Day instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ticktacktoe | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

...better show off her body instead. Later, as an actress, Anna 2 grows angry at her director's martinet-like behavior, but her sister explains to her that anger against injustice won't do for a girl who's trying to make it in the world. In the longest section of The Seven Deadly Sins, Anna 1 argues with and then manipulates her sister to prevent her from putting aside a rich lover for a poor but more truly loved...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Brecht in Boldface | 12/9/1980 | See Source »

...basic reason that Harvard followed a six-game losing streak (the longest since 1951) with a six-game winning streak (longest since 1968) was defense. You can talk about the Multiflex until it rains double-reverses, but defense led Harvard to its victories. Most of the stalwarts were seniors this year, and they exited with a flourish. Coming into the final game against Yale, both the Crimson and the more celebrated Eli defenders had each yielded 124 points in nine games for a 13.8 average. In The Game, Harvard gave up 14 points, almost exactly its average...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Harvard Football 1980: A Truncated Rejuvenation | 12/2/1980 | See Source »

...ended the 22-week trial-the longest in North Carolina's history-of four Ku Klux Klansmen and two members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Party. The charges: killing five members, four white and one black, of the Communist Workers Party at a C.W.P.-sponsored "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro in November 1979. The outcome drew predictably inflammatory responses from both extremist camps. Calling the verdict "a great victory for white America," North Carolina Nazi Leader Harold Covington maintained that it proved "we can beat the system on their own ground." Signe Waller, a C.W.P. member...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Litany of Not Guilty | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

During the drive, Rogan fed Yale's Mr. Everything, Rich Diana, five times, the longest an 18-yd. scamper which took the Elis deep into Crimson territory...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Elis Smash Gridders for Title, 14-0 | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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