Word: scared
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like any Harvard-Yale tilt, this contest was a grudge match. The Crimson hadn't lost to the Elis since 1961, but the squad barely survived a 5-4 scare last season at New Haven. The Yalies, tired of "so close but no...," were looking to light the victory cigar this time around. But it was not to be, for the Harvard racquetmen were determined to end what some would call a disappointing season with a satisfying...
...Crimson faced its toughest scare in weeks Tuesday night at the University of Connecticut, when guard Lisa Bernstein had to hit a ten-footer with 12 seconds left to salvage a 76-75 Harvard win. Holpuch's return to early-season form with a 23-point effort, and Smith's 22 and Carle's 21 were omens of good things to come in New Haven...
...avoided this year, but privately they are not so sure. Says one Schlesinger aide: "We're walking a fine line. We want the public to be aware that we are facing a potentially serious situation so that people will conserve oil, but we don't want to scare them...
Such moments aside, The Great Train Robbery is a curiously enervated affair. In his previous films, Westworld and Coma, Crichton has shown a gut instinct for creating nasty suspense. His movies looked sloppy, but fiendish humor and scare tactics helped paper over the visual lapses. Train Robbery, paradoxically, looks gorgeous but lacks bite and narrative rhythm. The thieves carry out their complex scheme in a series of repetitive, evenly paced sequences, most of which involve the hijacking of keys to a safe. When you've seen one key theft, you've seen them all. The robberies...
...chance of the Arabs' wanting to put all their cash into one breadbasket seems remote, and the scare stories are based on phony evidence or plain prejudice. When asked to back up his claim that "thousands and thousands of acres are being bought up," California State Assemblyman John Thurman cited one "foreign" farm in California; in fact, it is owned by an American of Iranian descent. Under questioning, Tom Harkin admitted that foreign land buying "has not yet affected Iowa...