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...secret of successfully translating opera from stage to screen lies in respecting the musical source but exploit ing the film medium's restless, inquiring mobility. As both a film maker (Romeo and Juliet, The Champ, Endless Love and an experienced opera director, Zeffirelli understands both genres. In Soprano Teresa Stratas (Violetta) and Tenor Placido Domingo (Alfredo), he has chosen two exceptionally convincing singing actors. But film also demands motion, sweep and scope, so at intense moments the camera breaks free of its traditional front-row-center moorings and begins to roam. As counterpoint to Alfredo's second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Grand Passions | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Watson, who netted 621.48 points in 11 dives, followed reigning world three-meter champ Greg Louganis (677.73) and Ron Merriot (654.45). The score earned the South House resident a spot on the U.S. National team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Watson Places Third--Again At U.S. Indoor Diving Meet | 4/16/1983 | See Source »

Watson finished with 602.31 points, just behind second-place Rob Bollinger's 605 25, while defending champ Greg Louganis of the Mission Viejo swimming club won by 28 points. "This was Dan's best performance I've seen in the one-meter," said Harvard Coach John Walker, adding it was the best any Crimson diver has done in the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/14/1983 | See Source »

...surprisingly short match, McNerney jumper out to a 14-0 lead before scoring a pin at the 2:40 mark of the bout. Humbling one formidable opponent after another, McNerney then handled Randy Conrad, the powerfully built Big Eight Conference Champ from Iowa...

Author: By John N. Riccardi and G. ROBERT Strauss, S | Title: McNerney Wrestles to Fourth At National Championships | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

Harvard showed its team flexibility throughout the contest. Jernigan met Yale Captain Victor Wagner and defeated him, 3-0, to make it to the finals. The previous weekend against the Elis, teammate Boyum had also soundly squashed Wagner, who was the A-division defending champ, showing that Boyum and Jernigan could be inter-changeable. Neither has lost a match all season, except to one another...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Racquetmen Take Fourth Major Title As Five Make All-American Teams | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

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