Word: blacks
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Despite the poor shooting, defensive rebounding was Harvard's other big problem. The Crimson allowed 18 Black Bear offensive rebounds, most of which ended up in Harvard's basket. The Crimson's new defensive setup seemed to be the culprit behind this weak spot...
...only did the Crimson (3-5) stay with the black Bears, it almost snagged a victory in the final minutes of the game. Trailing, 55-40, with only 4:20 left in the game, Harvard took a timeout, went back out and outscored Maine, 7-2, in the next two minutes. Taking her cue, Maura Healey then hit her first three-point shot, bringing the Crimson to within seven...
...Black Bears, however, regrouped and held Harvard to two points in the closing seconds of the game...
...fitting that the biggest event of the decade was the ostentatious party Harvard threw for itself on the occasion of its 350th birthday in 1986. Prince Charles and luminaries of all stripes were on hand for the week-long festivities in September, as were angry protesters, who disrupted a black-tie dinner for big donors to call attention to Harvard's investments in South Africa...
What this all adds up to is a stiff, uninteresting performance, additionally hampered by technical problems. The action was slowed down enormously by laborious scene changes, which involved repositioning the black and white flats that composed the set. And the lighting was so poorly designed that actors not infrequently recited their lines while standing halfway in the dark. The Cenci's fundamental weakness is its script, and the talent of the cast did not succeed in overcoming...