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...wind was worth two goals," said Coach Jape Shattuck. "We knew we had to get ahead with the wind because holding onto a lead is always easier...
Solid play in the midfield, which second-year Coach Jape Shattuck predicted would be the squad's preseason strength, clinched the Crimson win. Hooper scrambled all over the field where field where needed, and wing halfbacks Pablo Keller-Sarmiento and Glenn Brack had enough space to make piercing runs from the flank...
...Ashton's Capricci is a lighthearted, winking jape, it is also a winning tribute to a major figure in British music. Just before his death at his villa on the Italian island of Ischia (the inspiration for Hockney's set), Walton had put the finishing touches to his score. The music is carefully crafted and sparklingly orchestrated with sprinkles of harp, celesta and xylophone-qualities that are reflected in Sir Frederick's deft choreography. Like his great colleague George Balanchine, Ashton has an unerring ability to match movement with sound in a way that slights neither, creating...
About 1.6 million copies of his Irrational Inquirer are scheduled to reach newsstands this week, and except for the price, $2, vs. 65? for the Enquirer, the takeoff is all but indistinguishable from the original. Indeed, that may be the jape's major flaw. Even regular readers of the Enquirer and its ilk may err in guessing which of the following stories comes from the spoof and which from the "real" tabloids: - The Chinese Communist government is sabotaging the U.S.-by spreading herpes. - John Lennon speaks daily from beyond the grave to his widow Yoko...
...thought we gave them a good fight until the floodgates opened," said Coach Jape Shattuck after the match...