Word: boated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reunion is full of sideshows and of the half of them that are actually prearranged, one of the best is this boat tour that leaves the docks of the Manchester Yacht Club under the direction of a number of neighborhood women. Ostensibly the tours, led by bossy old ladies with cutesy-tough names like Muggins and Bet, ostensibly introduce interested alumni to the fine homes that overlook the coastline's coves. But, as Muggins confided to her coworkers, "Hah, I don't waste my time gushing on about all those old houses. I just let 'em all chew about their...
...freshman race at the Sprints, Harvard made its best showing of the day, finishing second to the Midshipmen, while the Crimson's J.V. boat placed third in its division behind Brown and Navy respectively. The varsity came in third behind Navy and a surprising Rutgers eight...
...been spoon-fed all her life. She has seen through the hatred of men and sex her mother has tried to instill in her since childhood, through the robbery and racism of which her family's wealth is a product, and the maxim that you don't rock the boat, even if the boat is sinking. She has seen through the parents who want to commit her to an asylum for her behavior and her ideas, and has tried desperately to escape. First, a weak attempt at suicide, and then a violently determined but agonizing retreat from the life...
...from within became unthinkable." He is caught in the middle between Punch and her parents, sensitive to the horror that Punch has seen, yet still with the gut feeling that the way to solve problems is to be polite and diplomatic and bring everybody together again without rocking the boat...
What is striking are the two characters that Sonzski portrays so humanly, and the love that makes them try to find each other again now that the boat has capsized...