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...became the toast of Eastern crew on the strength of a dramatic, come-from behind, photo-finish victory over Brown and four other boats. The underdog Bruins were edged by two-tenths of second in a six minute race, which translates into a bow ball on a boat deck or maybe even a thick hair on Harry Parker's receding hairline, take your pick...
Actors roamed the entire stadium from top to bottom. The bans emerged from the entrance tunnels to the stands, and Dionysus delivered his final speech from the stadium's upper deck...
Brown escaped the inning but made one crucial mistake, he left Farrell in the on-deck circle. In the seventh, Farrell led off for the third time and for the third time Harvard tallied runs. By the time Vierra smashed a 400ft. gopher ball to left center. Harvard had nabbed eight runs in two innings and a lock on the opener...
...August 10, 1914, at the age of two, Tuchman stood on the deck on an Italian liner, and watched two German warships exchange shots with the British cruiser Gloucester on the horizon. The ships soon disappeared, but, as Emerson wrote on another historic occasion, the shots echoed round the world. Although neither Tuchman nor the other passengers knew it at the time, they had just witnessed the opening battle of World...
After a brisk set change and excellent overture from the fine orchestra conducted by Roger Grodsky, the scene unfolds aboard the deck of the ship HMS Planfore. The audience stands and sings "God Bless the Queen"--even an anti-British revolutionary would momentarily shed hostility towards the English monarchy...