Word: holland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What? You say you're sure Currier scored the game's lone touchdown on a 36-yd. John Ealy to Joe Holland aerial early in the second half...
According to Winthrop House coach Alex DeJesus, Floyd S. Wilson, director of Intramurals, gave the official victory to Winthrop before the opening whistle. The only catch was, he didn't tell anyone--not DeJesus, not Currier coach Holland...
Wilson made the ruling on the grounds that Holland--a non-resident law tutor at Currier House--was playing illegally because he had received a letter for football in college...
...Every day is a day of joy aboard the M.S. Prinsendam. Six passenger decks are devoted to the luxurious vacation life you expect, with an ambience of intimacy and charm." So begins a lavish illustrated brochure touting the pleasures of cruising to Alaska and the Orient aboard the Holland America Line's gleaming 426-ft. Prinsendam. Notes the pamphlet: "Your Dutch officers are dedicated to making every moment memorable...
...wrong aboard that ship, something unnecessarily wrong." The Prinsendam was not equipped with a sprinkler system, but none was required because the ship was constructed with as few combustible materials as possible. It also had fire-resistant doors and insulated steel bulkheads. Maintained Gerrit Van Veen, technical director for Holland America Lines: "Even if the Prinsendam had a sprinkler system, I doubt whether this could have prevented the fire from spreading." Holland America officials contended that as the fire raged out of control, the Prinsendam performed superbly. The doors and bulkheads contained the blaze long enough to allow passengers...