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Classic forward Ralph Yearwood came off the bench to spark a 27-12 rally that closed the gap to five, 68-63, with 1:21 remaining. In a 50-second spree, Yearwood rammed home seven unanswered points before freshman mentor O'Neil wisely called a time...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Harvard Freshmen Top Injury-Riddled Classics In IAB Shootout, 72-63 | 2/28/1976 | See Source »

...Millet, art is slavish copying of nature. He lights his lantern and goes looking for cretins. . .imagine a monster with no skull, the eye extinguished by an idiot's squint, straddling in the middle of a field like a scarecrow. No spark of intelligence humanizes this resting brute. Has he been working or murdering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Great Lost Painter | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

...Cliffe squad made a surge in the second half as they came back to within two points. The tide seemed to be turning as Sue Williams collected several steals to spark the defense, and the score rested at 44-42 Smith with 10 minutes left...

Author: By John Blondel, | Title: Radcliffe Quintet Falls to Smith, 66-48 | 2/14/1976 | See Source »

...subway back uptown. The city may ba a jungle to some, but the beacon still burns...I believe New York and the other great cities of our country will find their way forward again. The light on Forsyth Street may be a small one, but it gives a spark that can set our hearts on fire...

Author: By James Cleick, | Title: A Xerox America | 2/13/1976 | See Source »

...unsettling--it's like someone is reading your mind. For the past ten years, devoted followers have been finding their thoughts reflected back at them in the characters of British novelist Margaret Drabble. The heroines have been distinctly individual women in varying situations, yet they have never failed to spark at least a flicker of recognition...

Author: By Jenny Netzer, | Title: Positive Capability | 12/18/1975 | See Source »

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