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This is the lightest of the poems by various hands, liberally scattered through the text. Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish" recalls an oversize catch: "victory filled up/ the little rented boat . . . until everything/ was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!/ And I let the fish go." John Ciardi celebrates "The Lung Fish," a survivor intact from prehistoric epochs: "If no/ creature is immortal, some/ are more stubborn than others." And Robert Lowell hopes that "when shallow waters peter out," he will be able to "catch Christ with a greased worm" and save his soul. The Fisherman notes, "Lowell was a Christian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fish Stories BLUES | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

...decision is the lightest one that the UCSA can give, short of finding the students innocent. Being on probation will not affect the students' permanent records unless they commit further infractions this semester...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Puts Protestors on Probation | 3/14/1987 | See Source »

...course, disagrees, "We make it crystal clear that these are alcoholic beverages and must be handled as such. It's not fair to say that we encourage abuse by introducing new products." Innovation is a strategy that beverage makers will stoutly defend, since the market today belongs to the lightest, the sweetest and the newest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blithe Spirits for the Sober Set | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

...Harvard men's tennis team facec the lightest part of its schedule over the weekend with predictable results. In home matches at the Beren Tennis Courts, the Crimson rolled over Army, 8-1, Friday and pummeled Cornell, 9-0, Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Tip Army, Red | 5/5/1986 | See Source »

...seas did not seem to bother the Cup's defenders, however. When the breezes were lightest, in the fourth race, the winning boat was Australia II, the winged-keel victor at Newport. When the Doctor was in, the honors went to Australia III, a boat specifically designed for Fremantle's heavy weather by Ben Lexcen (who also designed Australia II). Skippered by Colin Beashel, Australia III finished ahead of the pack in three of the first six races, building such a lead that the championship was won even before it was over. For the seventh and final race, the Australian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dirty and Short Down Under | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

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