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...with the fall of Saigon a receding memory, war films are staging their own kind of blitzkrieg. Toral Tora! Tora!, the story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, nearly ruined 20th Century-Fox when it was released in 1970, at the height of the Viet Nam War. Midway, on the other hand, which took unused footage from Tora! for its own scenes of the momentous World War II carrier battle in the Pacific, was the sixth-largest grosser in the peaceful year of 1976. It made well over $20 million-more than a third of it in Japan...
...Midway through the half, Harvard's running game began to falter. Successive turnovers resulted in St. Thomas More layups as the lead ballooned to 34-18. Bengal began forcing the ball into the middle where Hooft and 6'7" pivotman Alex James were well covered...
...equipment aboard the sub worth analyzing was removed-including three SSN5 surface-to-surface ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads, and several torpedoes. Though study of these prizes was begun on board the Glomar Explorer, the detailed examination took place elsewhere, most likely at the U.S. base on Midway Island. There experts were able to carefully go over the sub's equipment. Says a Navy official: "It was dated somewhat, but still a technical mother lode of stuff...
...then after Harvard had gone wild to tie the score, for a second time, midway through the third period, the Wilsons watched from the bench as, with 1:40 remaining, defenseman Steve Roberts fired a mortar from the right point that cleanly beat Brian Petrovek and gave the Friars the victory, their sixth of the young season without a single blemish...
Earlier, Dea had once before tied things up--midway through the second period--as he took a centering pass from Bill Hozack and beat Moffitt with a soft shot through a screen...