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...seeds in the League tournament, and a chance to gain some momentum going in--as the Crimson has done. Starting next year, the best regular-season record will be worth a league championship, but this year it's worth only a number-one seeding and a first-round bye (to top-ranked Princeton...
Harvard, the most improved team in the Ivies (it had a 7-12 mark last year), holds the second seed, and the other first-round bye. The first-round matchups, set for Friday, pit third-seeded Cornell versus Brown, and Dartmouth against Yale. The Crimson will play a semifinal contest at 12:30 pm. at Thompson Arena Saturday, and a Sunday 3 p.m. final (or 11:30 a.m. consolation game...
...Beverly Hills, Calif. Lynde's cheerfully prissy manner and arch responses to game-show questions won him five Emmy nominations and a wide daytime following. As an actor, he played a befuddled fussbudget who delivered witticisms in the face of disaster in the stage and film versions of Bye, Bye Birdie and more than a dozen hapless Hollywood comedies...
...composer plays the piece with slides and portamentos at every place imaginable. Mintz plays important notes with vibrato and spirit without sliding. Directors might consider using the piece for a romantic movie scene. The choice of lovers will be irrelevant; the mood of the scene--an intense, despairing good-bye--will be the same...
Indeed, if the Crimson had faced a lesser team in the opening round rather than having a bye, the squad might have found its rhythm before meeting the tournament's tougher teams and could have finished in the top four...