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Without the bad news, yesterday's Harvard-Brandeis baseball game at Soldiers Field would have merely been a rough-and-tumble, wide-open, 14-12 victory for the Crimson. And, oh yes, the triumph gave Harvard its first Greater Boston League title since...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Santos-Buch Injured as Crimson Cops GBL Title | 5/7/1980 | See Source »

Following the production unit's caravan, Arlen discovers a secret New Jersey of suburban houses ideally suited for commercial filming. The Garden State also boasts wide-open spaces, including a rodeo grounds much used by Madison Avenue. The Jersey-born owner incongruously sports a Rocky Mountain accent and wears jeans, boots, a Western hat and a shiny red windbreaker advertising Winston cigarettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Words from a Sponsor | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

JAZZ FIRST flourished in wide-open towns--New Orleans, Kansas City-- where whorehouses and gambling dens needed "hot music" to keep the customers fired-up and spending. So it's not surprising that jazz musicians have always been obsessed with "paying dues," the tradition of enduring hardships and degrading work conditions in order to polish and purify their art. Much has been written about the handful of jazzmen who "came up through the tradition" to achieve international celebrity and artistic and financial success: Louis Armstong and Duke Ellington occupy a warm corner in our popular mythology. But jazz, financially speaking...

Author: By Paul Davison, | Title: Blow! | 4/15/1980 | See Source »

...participant, "brings the law down to a level where we can understand it." Adds Tom Carlson of Medfield, another guest: "Miller gets the man in the street more interested in the law by giving him a chance to get in on the discussion." Miller's talent at sparking wide-open discussion is such that many viewers report switching off their sets after the show and continuing the debate in their living rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Lights! Camera! Argue! | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...Yale game featured wide-open, end to end hockey, and Crimson forward Greg Olson and Yale's Paul Castraberti each slammed home hat tricks. Freshman Olson's three goals, which give him a team-leading 14 on the year, are the most scored in a game by a Crimson player this season...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Colgate Squeezes Icemen, 3-2; Crimson Tie Yale in OT, 6-6 | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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