Word: finest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...source of pride. They certainly did not think dealers and collectors would someday gather at auction to pay tens of thousands of dollars for Grandma's handiwork. America's Glorious Quilts, edited by Dennis Duke and Deborah Harding (Macmillan; 320 pages; $75), assembles photographs of some of the finest examples of this varied craft. Country and patriotic themes dominate the 19th century pieces, although their combinations of colors and designs are hardly naive. The surprises in the book are the contemporary works -- vibrant abstractions such as Yvonne Porcella's Ginza (1984) and Michael James' Rhythm Color: Bacchanale (1986) -- that indicate...
...Devils are led by pre-season All-America Danny Ferry. The 6-ft., 10-in. junior power forward, whose brother Bob is third on Harvard's all-time scoring list, has emerged as one of the finest players in college ball. Ferry averaged 14 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last year...
...second-annual Harvard Invitational track meet on Saturday, the Crimson got a chance to compete with some of the finest athletes in the Northeast, and came away very satisfied...
More important, why does "experimental" theater deserve the University's exclusive support? Each director, actor, designer and producer has his own style of theater. If several name themselves "experimental," do they deserve exclusive claim to one of the finest technical theaters on campus...
...HRDC's "strategy". Elite, favor, elect: these words run through McGanney's article. Yet how does she know who is in my "favor"? Has she, over our lunch meetings, looked deep into my soul and seen to its finest detail the bias I wield over my intellect? Does she know which directors have worked during my tenure, and my relationship with them? She uses fighting words, and she had best have strong proof to back them...