Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week later, a three year-old local group called Spectrum Singers will hit a bit closer to the mark with William Byrd's "Hodie Christus Natus Est." (If you can't translate this one, anyone you hear practicing scales can probably help you out) Along with pieces by Bach and Mendelssohn, the Spectrum will also throw in a beautiful and often-performed Randall Thompson work called "Alleluia" (No translation problems here: The lyrics consist of one repeated word, and here's a hint--it's somewhere in the title...
Diving is perhaps Harvard's strongest area. After the Crimson lost high-scoring Pam Stone to graduation, two capable freshmen--Shannon Byrd and Sharon Daly--have helped to fill the void Highly acclaimed sophomore Jennifer Goldberg, senior Adriana Holy, junior Cathy Josman and sophomore Missy Karas all contribute to give Harvard great stability. After three meets and six diving events, five different women have placed first for the Crimson...
Harvard's diving turned out to be as strong as ever as it swept its events, too. Sophomore standout Jennifer Goldberg took the three-meter event and freshman Shanon Byrd walked away with the one meter event...
According to testimony at the hearing, the engineer and the brakeman of the train were both drinking just before, and possibly during, the brief run from Baton Rouge to the site of the wreck. Moreover, Janet Byrd, a clerk employed by the railroad, not only was in the cab of the engine at the time of the derailment but was at the controls because the engineer had dozed off. The hearing also revealed that both Engineer Edward Robertson and Brakeman Russell Reeves had been suspended several times by the railroad-Robertson for a variety of operational errors, including speed violations...
Simply put, Democratic candidates tried to tie their G.O.P opponents to Reagan and his programs, while most, but not all, of the Republicans scrambled to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the White House. Among the Democrats re-elected handily were Minority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Henry Jackson of Washington and John Stennis of Mississippi, the 81year-old dean of the Senate now starting his seventh term. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, greeted on election night by supporters chanting, " '84! '84! '84!," beat Republican Raymond Shamie, 61% to 39%. On the Republican side...