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...never punish [St. Paul] enough for making Christianity impolite, for saddling it with the nastiest traditions of the Old Testament: intolerance, brutality, provincialism. He was the first barker of the Greco-Roman world. Whenever I am at a loss for a scapegoat, I open the Epistles and am quickly reassured. I have my man, and he rouses me to a fury...
...must be remembered that the play was not written for the usual public audience, but for a highly sophisticated court assemblage that could pick up the verbal and personal allusions. As Granville-Barker said of the play, "It abounds in jokes for the elect. A year or two later the elect themselves might be hard put to it to remember what the joke was." The "year or two" has now stretched to almost four centuries. It is easy to see why--uniquely among the plays--this one was never revived after Shakespeare's time until 1839, and not successfully revived...
After the Exeter loss, the team rolled over Dartmouth, 13-2, on the strength of four goals by midfielder Steve Barker...
...Steve Barker scored first for the Crimson at 3:42 of the first period. With an assist from Dick Bird. Yale responded with two quick goals from Bob Kelly. At 18:37 Dan DeMichele scored from close-in, tying the score. Ford Fraker and Cavanagh made the assists...
...sloppy last period, Harvard and Dartmouth chalked up a total of 38 combined penalty minutes. Final marks by Cavanagh and Barker ended the Crimson scoring, and the defense held the little Green scoreless until the last 15 seconds of play...