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...downpour on Saturday caused a cancellation of the first 18 holes of the scheduled 36-hole event. Sunday's 18 holes-played in a cold drizzle-decided the championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn State, Yale Share Golf Title | 5/10/1971 | See Source »

...wakes for God. His desperate cosmic longings are deeply felt; but prolonged mourning, like anything else, does grow tedious. That is why Beckett is best in small doses. A brief cloudburst of tears like the one-acter, Krapp's Last Tape, is morosely refreshing, but a full-length downpour like Godot leaves one in a state of nihilistic depression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Godot Revisited | 2/15/1971 | See Source »

Before police arrived the drizzle turned to a downpour, and the students and demonstrators fled the plaza in opposite directions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Area Radicals Step Up Political Activity | 11/24/1970 | See Source »

...persistant downpour over the weekend covered the field with over an inch of water in places and reduced the game to a sloppy, uncoordinated shoving match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeten Ruggers Edge Dartmouth | 10/26/1970 | See Source »

...steady downpour, Harvard's varsity soccer team overcame the elements and soundly beat Dartmouth, 3-0, yesterday in the Business School Swamp. The victory gave Harvard sole possession of the Ivy League lead...

Author: By Ry ROBERT W. gerlach, | Title: Crimson Splashes Through WaterTo 3-0 Soccer Win Over Indians | 10/24/1970 | See Source »

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