Word: backups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pendergast, who is listed as 6 ft., 4 in and 210 pounds, played lacrosse in high school, but his initial interest with sports at Harvard was football. But as a varsity backup goalie freshman year, he became hooked on lacrosse for the first time. "The competition I had in high school was nothing compared to what I've seen here," he said, explaining why he didn't consider playing for a lacrosse powerhouse like Cornell, where up to 5000 fans turn out for games (while rarely more than 200 show up at the B School field for Harvard's games...
...prayer, I've learned all my lacrosse at Harvard. I worked with goaltending coach Scott Anderson, and I've put it together since then." The Rhode Island native started after the third game of his sophomore year, and has turned into a steady backup ever since. With a save average consistently over 60 percent, he was All-Ivy honorable mention last year, and has the second-best save average of Ivy starting goalies this year...
...ending is salvaged by the cast's energy and musical strength. The Vocal Minority (Catherine Josman, Susan Minter, Heather Moore, Jennifer Bryant), the choral backup, swells the musical numbers and fills in the gaps with an unflagging stream of beautiful singing. Equally indefatigable was the professional performance of Laurence Sobel on the piano, with Rich Dikeman on an electric keyboard that provided ice-skating-rink music to humorous effect. Led by Morland, the cast rejuvenates for the last song, "Company," and launches a high-energy, Broadway-type finale to a 100-percent fun show...
...nest a while longer. The latest delay involves the most serious problem yet encountered with the troubled Challenger: a basic defect in design that requires overhauling all three of the main engines. Unless the flaw can be quickly corrected, the problem could create a horrendous backup of civilian and military satellites waiting to be carried aloft and add millions of dollars to the cost of the shuttle program...
Outside of 118-lb. Tri-Captain Paul Widerman, who placed sixth in his weight class the rest of the Harvard team was unable to score points for the Crimson in team competition. "We had no backup for Phills and McNerney," commented Lee. "But I'm thrilled with the individual efforts. You've got to get it while you can," he added. Crimson William F. Hammond