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Through the 3500 aluminum disks and about 22.500 texts, which document the epic poetry of Yugoslavia, Albania and Bosnia, it is possible to piece together the origins of the earliest oral literature which survives today--the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer...

Author: By Richard L. Callan, | Title: Widener Collection Documents Culture | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...riddling something only relevant to cultures at the so-called 'mythological' stage of thought or has all the fun gone out of the Western world?" Answer: No. For proof, see Riddles Ancient and Modern, an engaging festival of some 700 posers, ranging from Homer ("What we caught we threw away; what we didn't catch we kept") to Jean Jacques Rousseau ("The truer I am, the more false I appear, and I become too young as age creeps on") to everyone's favorite author, Anonymous ("What turns without moving?" "What goes out but never comes back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Riddles Ancient and Modern: by Mark Bryant | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...socked a three-run blast to left in the sixth inning for his first college homer. The newly-legal Kay now has something to drink about, L'chaim...

Author: By Mike Knobler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Rivera Homers Twice as Batmen Party, 13-2 | 4/26/1984 | See Source »

...Crimson added three more in the seventh on Rivera a second homer, a Mickey Maspons walk, a DiCesare single, a Lyman two-bagger and a McAndrews rbi grounder to short. In the eighth a Chris Schindler single, a Maspons fielder's choice, a Jay McNamara walk and a DiCesare double produced Harvard's 12th run. A Paul Vallena's single Weller's third walk of the day and Kay's rbi single finished off the scoring in the ninth...

Author: By Mike Knobler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Rivera Homers Twice as Batmen Party, 13-2 | 4/26/1984 | See Source »

...Blue Jays scored three runs in the fourth when Garcia led off with a double and scored on Moseby's bloop triple. Bell followed with his homer to give the Jays a 3-2 lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/24/1984 | See Source »

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