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...sidewalks were bare. The cranes from the subway had taken their flight. And even the gatehouse was closed for the night. (Inside it, the gatemice were snoring space. Though they didn't, it's true, have a whole lot of space.) Not a yell or a whimper, a drum or tape-player Was heard from the depths of Holworthy or Thayer. The deans and their cohorts had left for points South And those left behind were too down in the mouth To join up with the crowds crushing in at the door To buy gifts for their families at Store...
...propriety throughout the day, give or take an occasional shouted grotesquerie ("Break their arms off, break their legs off, we love football!"), they finally came to life. Champagne was produced for the hanky-waving ritual, and the flow of Mumm inspired Will Moore, the 6-ft. 6-in. drum major, to pour a quart or two into his size-13 sneaker and drink from it. Other bandies joined...
There was some stiltedness (does Schlesinger actually pontificate so?) and show boating (TV Journalist Hodding Carter, who played a senior adviser, may be too well-trained), but such behavior is not unknown at NSC meetings. In all, The Crisis Game, with its snare-drum theme, was just hokey enough to entertain and good enough to edify...
...drum major, Jennifer Roberts, attained her perch and promptly became the focus of a rain of snowballs. The Yalies, bent on protecting her, tore down screens from some of the dorms and protected her. They still think they won that...
...season has drastically slowed ticket sales, with thousands still available just days before. The Game Harvard will send its largest-ever contingent to New Haven--nearly 18,000--because Yale had extra tickets to allocate. This ebb, some suggest, puts the schools in the awkward situation of having to drum up last-minute interest at the same time that the event's guiding philosophy discourages what Ryan calls "a lot of hulabaloo...