Word: lames
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...climactic scene, Proteus tries to rape Silvia in the woods only to be discovered by Valentine. Here Shakespeare resorts to implausible devices to save this play as comedy, because no sooner does Proteus make a lame apology than Valentine forgives him all, and offers to give him Silvia in the bargain. Deus ex Machina, in the form of the Duke, restores order, and all the right couples reunite happily, apparently suffering from collective amnesia as far as the past four acts are concerned...
...under-developed sub-plot of servants and their affairs obliquely satirizes the main plot, but it cannot offset the blunders. Lightning quick changes in character, contradictions swept aside with the wave of a hand, and outright lame poetry seriously mar this work. Given such a weak vessel, the Boston Company can be forgiven much, but their unimaginative and overly simplistic approach does little to salvage this play...
...unburden himself about his love for Fanny Bick, he lets the opportunity pass. Instead he delivers a tired, paternal lecture, retreating into the mythical wisdom he supposedly possesses as a biographer intimate with the lives of the great. Even when his wife discovers his affair with Fanny and the lame excuse of "protecting" her is gone, he still hasn't the nerve to give up his comfortable prison...
Today is my last day as lame-duck sports editor of The Crimson. It may also be my last day as a Harvard student, depending on the mood my section leaders are in. So it is with a spirit of reckless abandon that I offer the following reflections on sports at Harvard...
Though the Yalies struggled gamely, The Crimson's well-refreshed team overpowered their opponents with a dazzling display of strategy and skill. Francis J. Connolly '79, the lame duck quarterback, scrambled 95 yards for a magnificent touchdown to put The Crimson in the lead...