Word: contest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...footage that covers the early years is rare (some of it never seen before) and so red-hot that subsequent performers run the risk of coming off like contestants in a charade contest. Dylan, the Stones, the Beatles, the Who all carry the weight of tradition with ease. But Elton John, performing in concert, sounds as if he's singing in a record-your-voice booth; Janis Joplin, desperate to please, sings blues with the synthetic soul of a Broadway belter; Linda Ronstadt's coy version of a great Jagger-Richards tune might more appropriately be retitled Fumbling...
...cagers didn't face much of a test in yesterday's contest. They dominated from start to finish--an early lead expanded to a 37-22 bulge by halftime...
Fine dished off two passes to Bob Allen for easy jumpers to lift Harvard into a 19-19 tie. Then Bob Hooft hit for two of his 18 points to secure a 25-23 lead that the Crimson did not relinquish for the rest of the contest...
...Dartmouth game, the most important contest to date for the cagers, junior captain Caryn Curry led the way with 25 points. Curry is clearly the team leader. With the poise of Patton under fire and the elegance of Fonteyn under the lights, she alternates between point guard and forward...
...Huber completed her three-goal performance with 51 seconds remaining in the opening session, and Streeter converted a Fischer rebound to put the contest away...