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...race started ominously enough for the lights, as six-seat Kristen Laine caught a crab 100 meters into the course. Coach Peter Huntsman immediately called the race back to the start, but the damage had already been done, as Laine's rigger bent under the pressure...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: 'Cliffe Lights Submerged As Weather, Luck Falter | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...tennis team travels to the land of Spiro T. Agnew, the Chesapeake crab and the Baltimore oriole this weekend for a pair of key early-season matches that may be a first step in upgrading the "good-but-not-great" label the Crimson has worn the last two years...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: 6-3 Racquetmen in Maryland for Key Matches Against Midshipmen and Talented Terrapins | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

Another character who pulls the show up is Launce, a simple servant whose devotion to his dog, Crab, serves as an ironic commentary on Proteus's infidelity. Greg Cattell Johnson steals the show with his charmingly moronic performance, particularly in his first scene where he laments leaving his family and berate's his dog's lack of emotion. Even the dog gets laughs, yawning and wagging his tail...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Bad Bard in Boston | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

...seafood dish or one of the omelettes. The omelettes come with fillings including shrimp, mushrooms and broccoli. The seafood is fresh and crispy. For $3-$4 you can eat Shrimp Louis, plump white shrimps on a bed of lettuce and eggs with dressing, or order a platter of fresh Crab Claws Matignon, very sweet and tender. And a real plus--Cafe Florian's lettuce isn't wilty or dark, and it's surprisingly fresh...

Author: By Nancy A. Tentindo, | Title: Chez Chic | 3/15/1979 | See Source »

Like a hermit crab, John Updike inhabits old but serviceable forms: the novel, short story and light verse, the Christian church, a duly consecrated marriage (his second) and a 19th century Massachusetts farmhouse. Both the artist and the man have discovered the vital irritants and ironic satisfactions of the familiar and traditional. His body of work grows with impressive regularity. He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and a fixed star at The New Yorker. Yet many critics have called him irrelevant, accused him of having nothing to say and proffered the supreme lefthanded compliment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: White Mischief | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

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