Word: downpouring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been able to interrupt of otherwise disrupt a Harvard Commencement. But the one time in recent years when stormy weather did force the ceremonies inside Sanders Theater where they were held from 1876 through 1915--there were more things for University officials to worry about than an early June downpour. The year was 1968, and it was, Anderson says, "the start of student dissent," when Harvard students protested the appearance of Shah Muhammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran, whose speech was interrupted several times in an overcrowded Sanders...
...staging as has ever been attempted by a regional theater. The playwright's River Orb has been regurgitated into a 20,000-gal. tank of water; a 24-ft. cabin cruiser has been assembled inside; and a huge sprinkler system has been installed to re-create a summer downpour. Ayckbourn has directed, as he did in Scarborough, and his players move as effortlessly as their roles-and their wayward craft-will allow...
About 6400 undergraduates yesterday braved a steady downpour the familiar barrage of pamphleteers and the fear of dreaded red dots to register at Memorial Hall of spring term...
...water polo game scheduled against Boston University last night was also rained out. In the picture at right, players frolic about in puddles left by the downpour. Actually, of course, the game wasn't rained out--apparently B.U. just decided not to show...
Forwards Kate Martin, Maureen Finn and Betsy Torg led the four-goal Crimson downpour, ending a two-game scoring drought. The Crimson took the lead late in the first half on a Finn penalty stroke and never fell behind, upping their record...