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...easy to believe him, for in person Boulez is affable and charming. Of average height, balding, with a pleasant Gallic face, he could pass for a friendly greengrocer in his native Loire region. Yet throughout his career, his work has often been criticized for what some perceive as a fundamental coldness. Boulez resents the charge and defends his musicianship. Recalling the hostile reception he met from the fiercely proprietary Bayreuth musicians before his first Ring, he notes, "When you are attached to contemporary music, immediately they suppose you don't know the classic repertoire. But I think I can study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pierre Boulez: The Soul of a New Machine | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...that she'll probably never forget. In the high jump competition, she finished second--barely--to Jane Buchan of Yale. Both Sugrue and Buchan were the only jumpers left in the competition after clearing 5-ft., 9-in., and immediately tried to clear the NCAA qualifying height...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Crimson Runners Second, Third at H-Y-P Meet; Sugrue Shines But Many Stumble With Flu Bug | 2/18/1986 | See Source »

Neither could make that height, so meet officials declared a "jump-off." After several jumps, Sugrue missed at 5-ft., 7-in.--a height Buchan had cleared--giving Buchan...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Crimson Runners Second, Third at H-Y-P Meet; Sugrue Shines But Many Stumble With Flu Bug | 2/18/1986 | See Source »

...Penn has no height, but a short team often tends to be more dangerous," Delaney Smith explained. "They just have two exceptional ball-handling and shooting guards. We hope to stick to [Stambaugh] tight [in an effort to] take her out of her game...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Women Cagers To Battle Quakers, Tigers | 2/14/1986 | See Source »

Substituting height for experience, Crimson Coach Ishan Gurdal inserted four replacements into the lineup at the start of the third game, and the Engineers took no more than 15 minutes to whitewash the visitors...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: M.I.T. Shuts Down Harvard Spikers | 2/12/1986 | See Source »

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