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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Murray praises his upperclass teammates in helping him adjust to the faster college game. "In high school, the older players looked at you as someone who might take their job away," he said. "Here, the upperclassmen look at you as someone who'll help Harvard hockey." Benson said that there is more camaraderie on the Harvard team than on any team for which he has ever played...

Author: By Theodore S. Chandler, | Title: Benson, Evans, McDonald and Murray: Another First-Year Phenomenon Hits the Ice | 1/5/1978 | See Source »

When you step inside the "house," some parts of it are invisible: darkness laid into darkness. As the eyes adjust, so the forms gradually appear, and this gradual unfolding of complexity is very moving: one is a long way from the direct, all-at-once confrontation of most American sculpture. There is no way of seeing Mrs. N's Palace as a whole. It dis closes itself in time, and each passage of shapes is apt to erase and replace one's memory of its predecessor. In short, it aspires - to employ that gnomic phrase of Walter Pater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Night and Silence, Who Is There? | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Rookie coach Paul Moses commented yesterday, "We played very well. Our team was forced to adjust to a deader court, a different ball, and a very fine and well-coached Brown team." Despite Saturday's scare, the prospects for the season are bright. The squad dominated Wellesley and Tufts with two shutout victories in its opening matches...

Author: By Kevin Shaw, | Title: Racquetwomen Nip Bruins, 4-3 | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Northeastern had switched to a man-to-man defense at halftime and the Harvard cagers were dismally unable to adjust. The Crimson brought the ball upcourt and set up in a one-two-two offense but the Huskies closed off the wings and the Crimson failed to penetrate. Frustrated, Harvard forced passes time and again which resulted in many turnovers and few shots...

Author: By Bob Baggott, | Title: 'Cliffe Cagers Whip Huskies, 57-53 | 12/6/1977 | See Source »

...advantages of the Crimson novelty, Kleinfelder said there is a drawback in that the team has to adjust to itself. "In asking for a pass, a player is used to having it come from the right side; but with all the lefties, the passes will be thrown from the other side," she said. This difficulty will be especially evident when the women throw around a defender because the pass will come around the left side of the opponent rather than the right side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Take a Left Up Court | 11/29/1977 | See Source »

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