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...flukey goal. Dartmouth got a 30-foot direct kick on the right side of the field, and the ball was booted straight at the nets. An unidentified Indian jumped high to head the ball, which Breese batted away, but then, Peter Linton saw Breese slip for a second and headed the rebound past him into the corner of the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Booters, Harriers Triumph Over Dartmouth | 10/28/1967 | See Source »

...game Stickman Gatterdam was running was a setup for suckers. Each set of dice was mis-spotted differently-the gull being to let the roller establish his point with straight dice, then slip in the mis-spotted pair that would make the point unattainable. Thus, by using "even splitters"-numbers 1, 3 and 5 on one die and 2, 4 and 6 on the other-Gatterdam made certain that points 4, 6, 8 and 10 could never be made. Crapping out became inevitable. Since Nevada law holds that a casino is responsible for its employees and is liable to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Crooked Shake | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

...Bacon says, "It may sound immodest, but unless there's somebody in here willing to fight to keep the district clean, it could slip back (into corruption) in six months. Everything is still here--the money and the power to misuse...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Sert Will Retire In 1969 as Dean Of Design School | 10/7/1967 | See Source »

Moreover, the U.S. has plans afoot to make things even more difficult for Hanoi. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's plan to lay an electronic barrier across the demilitarized zone aims at reducing Hanoi's ability to slip men and supplies into the South. The barrier is expected to run into Laos as well, which will vastly increase Hanoi's difficulties, since many infiltration routes make an end run around the North-South border and snake through Laos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: On the Horizon | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

...been playing my role, we'd probably still be running." The show closed after 36 performances, and she switched to Graham Greene's Complaisant Lover, which starred Sir Michael Redgrave. In an ingenue supporting role, she made her splash opening night when the elastic of her half-slip gave way. As the silk was heading for the boards, she glided upstage behind a sofa and deftly stepped out of it, thinking she had been unobserved-until the house rattled with applause. Sir Michael dryly recalls "her obvious star quality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actresses: Talent Without Tinsel | 9/1/1967 | See Source »

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