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...smiling blue eyes, page-boy haircut, and lithe figure mask the passionate intensity and determination concealed inside. Her walls display pin-ups of favorite sports heroes, including Celtics star Dave Cowens--she taught at his basketball camp last summer. A favorite quotation by O.J. Simpson hangs near-by: "Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only thing that endures is character...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: NANCY BOUTILLIER | 1/25/1980 | See Source »

...effect is that of watching a campaign that a MacArthur or a Rommel might have mounted with toy soldiers. The stakes are not high. The people are not emotionally engaging. And such pin-flares of love as do appear seem to have been struck from a wet match. Obsessed as Pinter is by rooms, the drawing room seems to make him a trifle uneasy. Betrayal is a kind of bittersweet Noël Coward comedy in which the people are brittle, and more laconic than witty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Pinter-Patter | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

...slot, freshman Andy McNerney notched his third pin of the season when he nailed Chris Sinnot with just two seconds remaining on the clock. The match was close most of the way with McNerney trying out a new tilt move several times before icing the Coast Guard grappler with his cradle roll...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Crimson Matmen Pulverize Opposition | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

Fritz Campbell, another promising freshman, displayed his skill and strength in the 134-lb. bout with an easy pin over Doug Taylor. Campbell toyed with Taylor through the first round and then dropped him easily...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Crimson Matmen Pulverize Opposition | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

Rick Kief notched the quickest pin of the afternoon when he shot a double leg take down against Lowell's 142-lb. Chris Bradford. Fighting hard, Bradford lost it all moments later when Kief switched to a headlock at 1:50 into the match...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Crimson Matmen Pulverize Opposition | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

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