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...third excellent wind soloist, Stephen Hammer, played the oboe for Bach Cantata No. 56. His contribution was the most exciting aspect of the piece. His phrasing of the obbligato line in the second aria demonstrated a facility with the instrument coupled with great sensitivity to precise imitation. The basso for the cantata, David Evitts, had been recruited in extremely short order. He sounded tired, with several lapses of diction and little variation of timbre or volume. In general, he was a shadow of the big, confident singer he had been just one night before as soloist with the Collegium...
...takes the edge off it," Aaron conceded. "Come around after we've won and I'll show you a celebration." No doubt. But he will celebrate after the next home run, even if the Braves lose. Each successive homer now sets a new record. Given the Hammer's opening-day form, he will likely nail the mark so high that it will take at least another 40 years for some other slugger to reach...
...Hammer led the National League in home runs four times and won the batting championship three times. He was the league leader in a slew of categories such as RBIs, total runs and total bases many times, but still he did not gain the recognition that he deserved. This could be for many reasons but it is probably because of his quiet demeanor and the fact that he played his career in Milwaukee and Atlanta, neither of which are large megalopian centers and neither abounding in sports writers...
...equally strong contingent featuring Steve Niemi, Dan Jiggets, and Chris Queen, will make the change from the weight throw to the hammer and discuss. Adrian Tew, a returning all-Ivy javelin thrower, will have to capture a few first places to balance the lack of depth in that event...
...back to work- and back to work they went. Even before he was sworn in, Wilson's new Employment Secretary, Michael Foot, summoned officials of the National Union of Mineworkers and the government's National Pay Board. In a marathon twelve-hour bargaining session, they managed to hammer out an agreement that had eluded Heath's government for five months...