Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Before a screaming I.A.B. crowd composed almost wholly of M.I.T. rooters, the varsity basketball team rallied in the final four minutes of play to defeat a wrought-up Engineer five, 61 to 56, Saturday night.
Many questions from the floor centered on the question of draft exemption.
With four minutes to play, Borchard scored at the end of a fast break to make the score 49 to 49. M.I.T.'s red-headed guard, Jeff Paars, whose drives penetrated the Crimson defense all night, put the Engineers back in the lead, 51 to 49, and Tom Burns' foul...
The varsity won by six points because it was about 20 points better on paper, and because M.I.T. managed to miss 13 free thows. M.I.T. nearly pulled it out because of the inspired play of Koch and Paars, who tied Borchard for game scoring honors with 15 points, and of...
Ingmar Bergman has produced another tantalizing film. Hampered by a scenario (as usual, Bergman's own) that is full of tricks rather than the wisdom of Wild Strauberries or The Seventh Seal, The Magician nonetheless has an impact even greater than these better-written works.