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...Jenkins broke into the first division of great Harvard scorers during the '73-'74 season, surpassing Bill Dennis to grab fourth place on the all-time career scoring list. Jenkins's varsity total, 1077 points, leaves him behind only Dale Dover (1201) James Brown (1242) and Keith Sedlacek...
...British prison, along with supporters from Steven's own cabinet. He spent the first three weeks in solitary confinement, and the remaining 17 weeks in a tiny cell with a small window near the high ceiling. He could not see out, even by jumping and trying to grab the window bars, and he was not permitted visits, letters, or any pasttimes...
...context of modern music--a permanent background of muzak in supermarkets, television soundtracks and the stereo next door--bears no resemblance to the silence that Byrd and Gesualdo labored to fill. There are no grand gestures in this music, nothing simple for the listener or the performer to grab onto. If I Dilettanti Nuovi failed to provide the kind of pure sustained sound that can make the Byrd Mass compelling, their performance revealed a welcome insight into this work's majesty and depth...
...Rojas provided the long distance heroics, fighting both wind and a couple of find West Point milers, to grab first place with a 4:14. Shoe problems made Sam Butler settle with a third place in the high hurdles. The number one Harvard hurdler came back with a victory in the intermediate hurdles...
...Southern Crescent nudges slowly into sight. As the twelve-car Amtrack train sidles into the station, a gravelly voice on the platform speaker rasps out, "Southern Crescent, Amtrack train for New York, arriving from Washington, D.C. and points south, on Track 5. All aboard." In a rush the passengers grab their suitcases, shopping bags, and knapsacks and board the train. The engine starts up again and steam floats up to the steel rafters of the station. After a minute in a cramped tunnel, the train emerges into the early Sunday morning sunshine...