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After the Harvard Classics gutslamming 74-73 victory over the Deer Island Correctional Institute last night, Pete Durgerian, starting forward for the Classics, sat on the bench blissfully piping a tune on his harmonica...

Author: By Richard T. Broida, | Title: Classics Frustrate Deer Island, 74-73 | 1/16/1976 | See Source »

...bench to complete their crossword puzzle; and a wanton woman who might have scrubbed floors in Blooming dale's for 20 years reminisces. Except there's something off-beat about this everyday company. There's a plaintive note in all of their voices that echoes the whine of the harmonica that was playing before you heard anyone talking. Their tone of voice suggests that they feel uncomfortable about encountering each other in a setting as real as a park in New York City...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Blather | 11/15/1975 | See Source »

...whole life," Dylan sang, "I learned to hate Russia/ and China/ and Korea/ and Vietnam/ and South America/ and Bulgaria." Onstage, he's exactly the opposite of a Liza Minelli offering her heart up to the audience. Dylan is coy, buried under the sombrero, the guitar and the harmonica holder; he demands complete fascination from the crowd and he gets...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: On the Street Again | 11/7/1975 | See Source »

...full. Just behind us a loudmouthed Scandinavian with Cuban sympathies alternately cursed Greyhound, the United States and the youth of America. The youth of America was across from him, represented by Stephen, a harmonica-playing punk, making advances on his seat companion, a blousy young woman with a baby...

Author: By Alan M. Kaufmann jr. and Edward L. Trimble, S | Title: We Rode Around on Greyhound Buses, and Saw Some Ball Games | 9/30/1975 | See Source »

...went gently into the night, despite the steamy atmosphere of 43 bodies, despite the Scandinavian's slurs on the American way of life and despite the moaning chords of Stephen's harmonica...

Author: By Alan M. Kaufmann jr. and Edward L. Trimble, S | Title: We Rode Around on Greyhound Buses, and Saw Some Ball Games | 9/30/1975 | See Source »

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