Word: besting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite a football tradition much like the presidential electoral history of Harold Stassen. Princeton savors confrontations with Harvard. Today the Tigers arrive in Cambridge with one of their best chances in several years to dump their Big Three rival...
...Crimson (1-2 in the Ivy and 1-4 overall) enters today's contest in the best physical shape since the opener, with junior offensive tackle Mike Durgin--out the past three games--returning to shore up the line. The Notebook: Senior split end Rich Horner has opened a huge lead as the Ivy League's premier receiver. His 18 catches and 281 yds, top the number two man. Brown's Mark Farnham, by six snares and 126 yds.... Harvard punter Duke Millard is tied with Dartmouth's Larry Margerum for the Ivy lead in yards per kicks with...
Townspeople of Buck Creek and witches, you have tried valiantly, and some of you have done the best you could. Several of the roles, however, just don't belong in this play. As the two witches, Bonnie Zimmering and Crystal Terry are lithe and successful dancers, but after two or three appearances and calls of "you'll be sorry," we are too. David Moore, who doubles as Preacher Haggler and Conjur Man, is unoriginal as, respectively, the stereotyped holy-roller and evil wizard. He is stock in his mannerisms and gestures, unseasoned on the stage. While Laura Rogerson and Ralph...
...David L. Reiffel, however, has turned an already obvious plot into a play that has the subtlety of a bulldozer. You know when somebody says something prophetic (thunder claps in the background) and you know when the witches are coming (bizarre piano medleys screech behind the gauze curtains). The best musicians, meanwhile--banjo and fiddle players Thornton Lewis and Matthew Brown--make one stage appearance and, sad to say, disappear...
...best stop we could come up with," Swanson said. Before construction began, the bus stopped at Johnston Gate. "We were led to believe we could have the Johnston Gate location back at the beginning of next year. I would not count on that," Moramarco said...