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From a modern, workaholic perspective, our partying ancestors were wasting precious time. Even supposedly nonjudgmental anthropologists can get a little antsy when they contemplate the caloric expenditure that went into assembling costumes, cooking up treats, crafting musical instruments and rehearsing dance steps, not to mention the festivity itself. In 15th century France, 1 out of 4 days of the year were given over to festivities, usually honoring saints' days, while the English had, in addition, their "church ales," wakes and fairs. Work was something you did when you had to. Holidays were what you lived...
...puck around, then shot it toward net. Harvard’s Christina Kessler, who had 33 saves overall, was screened from seeing the puck, which slipped past her for Hitchcock’s second goal of the game. Martine Garland and Sadie Wright-Ward got their 14th and 15th assists on the play.“I was screened,” Kessler said. “I caught a glimpse of it, but it wasn’t enough to keep it from going in.”Although the final period saw a push from UNH, a quick...
...letters, written by Rossi while he was a young scholar at Oxford in the 1930s, contain a fantastical claim: Vlad the Impaler, a despotic 15th century prince who inspired Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula,” really was a vampire—and really was undead...
Next (HarperCollins; 433 pages) is Michael Crichton's 15th novel, and I can't say for sure that it's his worst, but I can say for sure that it's the worst I've read, and I've read a bunch. And that includes his last book, State of Fear, in which he attempted to frighten us with the idea that global warming is not actually happening but is instead a hoax staged by a shadowy network of overzealous environmentalists...
...lead to 2-1.“Going down 2-0 there, unfortunately for us, has been too often an occurrence,” Donato said, “so it as nice that we battled back.”Two Bobcat penalties in the period’s 15th minute gave the Harvard 1:40 of 5-on-3 play, giving the Crimson the opening it needed to tie the score. When freshman Doug Rogers’ shot from the top of the zone was deflected by Fisher, junior Jon Pelle was able to net the rebound, knotting...