Word: kept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Stone said Moses kept the team in good condition, but could not motivate his players for key contests. She cited the Yale match, when the Crimson fell, 5-2, on its home court and lost an opportunity to gain second position in the Ivies, as a good example...
From the outset, the conference was beset by organizational problems, most notably the ineptitude of most of the conference organizers. Rumors kept circulating that the whole conference was, in fact, a sham cleverly disguised by a small group of Ivy League students, who knew each other from high school back in Harverford, Pa., to have a reunion financed by their student governments. The rumor, strangely, seemed credible--all these people could do was pass resolutions, talk for hours on end to no purpose, and argue about procedure. Nevertheless, 20 Harvard-Radcliffe students thought it worth their time and effort...
Danehy and his brother John, a Middlesex County Commissioner, owe the city property taxes on a commercial block on Mass. Ave. Danehy told a reporter that "a problem with cash flow" has kept him from paying the taxes...
This gripe aside, let the individuals whose skills kept the listeners tapping their feet receive their due. The eight women in the cast generally asserted their characters better than the men--it was easier to remember them from one number to the next. But, merged into a company, as at the beginning and end of the show, it was the performers' collective energy and not their individuality that shone. Der Manuelian made "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" both the opening and closing number. It served well--the chorus has an unforgettable tune...
Though the competition looked rigorous and the numbers of people overwhelming, most students kept smiling faces. "I can't take it all too seriously," Martin said. But when the photographer called his name, he stepped forward and said "See you in Hollywood...