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...this new punctiliousness is the case of Robert Massie, author of the 1967 bestseller Nicholas and Alexandra. In 1968 Massie received a $130,000 advance from Atheneum for his next book, a biography of Peter the Great. The manuscript was due in June 1971. By then Massie was only midway through the project. When Atheneum refused his request for another $370,000 advance, the author set aside Peter, and with his wife wrote Journey, a book about their hemophiliac son, for Knopf...
Cowens retired midway through the second quarter last night with a back injury, but the Celtics nevertheless managed to lead, 63-53, at the half...
...Elis held a razor-thin lead through the early going, as midway through the first half Hooft netted a reverse layup to make it 14-12 Yale. Three minutes later, Jonas Honick swished a 20-footer to cut the lead to 18-17. the Crimson finally went ahead when Jeff Hill caromed home a 15 footer to make...
Dancers in flesh-colored leotards, an empty stage--there is little to focus on but the symmetrical ebb and flow of movement phrases, a rhythm which underscores at every moment the steady pulse of the music. Even gestures with a mimetic quality--the measured sobs midway through and the ending gesture, tightly-clenched lists covering weeping? eyes--are built to square with the monotonous pulse...
...Chuck Daly as coach of the Eagles in 1971. Last year's highly-touted quintet went 9-17 after it had ranked 19th in the nation in Sports Illustrated's pre-season poll. Apparently, Zuffelato saw the writing on the wall when his team began to flounder once again midway through the season...