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...answered "yes" to any one of these questions that's probably one more right than you'll get after taking this Harvard Sports Quiz. We've chosen only the highlights of the past few years from our trivia file here at the Crimson Sports Cube, so don't go crazy just because Kevin Carr or "Doc" Hines aren't listed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Welcome to the Bigs | 9/11/1978 | See Source »

Among others, the band the Crimson Sports Cube--a bunch of talented writers who just happen to be frustrated jocks--can usually be found in the ranks of this group. Favorite meeting places for this rabid group of sports fans are Kirkland House (the jock house), Master's Open Houses (glorified cocktail parties with free booze), and the Harvard Provisional Co., which is a nice corporate title for a little store on Mt. Auburn that provides just one thing--liquor--to the Harvard community. Whether you hand out at the Harvard Pro or not, it's not a bad idea...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Sports at Harvard: Hard to Figure | 9/1/1978 | See Source »

...M.I.T. professor has seen the future and is making it work, so, appropriately, is the city of Columbus, Ohio. This New Atlantis since last December has become the prototype electronic village. The Columbian connection is called QUBE (pronounced cube). Described by its developers, Manhattan-based Warner Cable Corp., as the first large-scale use of "participatory TV," QUBE provides paying subscribers with 30 television channels (Columbus has only four regular TV stations) that include all-day, nonviolent programs for preschool children, educational films, first-run movies, live sports events, college credit courses and soft-core porn, all without censorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Computer Society: Living: Pushbutton Power | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...went with a friend who loves classical ballet. Reading the program note for the second dance "Locus"--"The score for 'Locus' is a random ordering of 27 points on a cube of space immediately surrounding the standing figure"--she moaned, "It sounds awfully theoretical." But an awareness of the theoretical nuances of avant-garde dance is an initiation to familiarity with the academic language of classical ballet. The initiation makes you an insider, one party to a compact between artist and viewer. Once you're familiar with the compact, you can appreciate the dance as dance...

Author: By Susan A. Manning, | Title: The Logic of Movement | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

...gather at the yacht club. It is a reunion of sorts, since many breakfasted together at the Kozy Korner diner. The yacht club is a converted garage decorated with reef charts and Japanese fishing floats. From either side of the club one can hit the Pacific with an ice cube...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Paradise with Rough Edges | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

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