Word: man
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only one of many characters gracefully projected on the page like shadow puppets. The unnamed husband of Elizabeth muses on the genteel oppressions of his native Boston. Later he is mentioned as a man who reads and writes all day, has "the preoccupied look of a secret agent" and free-associates about Goethe with his psychiatrist. The author seems to have measured elements of Lowell very carefully, knowing that his specific gravity could easily upset the delicate balance of her fiction...
...heroes, Judson is not blind to their egomanias and foibles. Watson is "markedly bright and never accustomed to hide the fact." Linus Pauling, a fount of chemical wis dom and occasional foolishness, has "un quenchable self-confidence." Biochemist Erwin Chargaff, bypassed by the DNA revolution, is "the man of mordant dissent." But in the main, the author is content to take the role of acolyte, bombarding his gifted tutors with questions, some incisive, others pointedly rhetorical. As Judson plays student to Nobel Laureates Crick and Perutz, so does the reader, who, if patient enough, can gain an understanding and appreciation...
Midfielder Gordie Nelson saw limited time, playing only in man-up situations, because of an injury that further damaged the Harvard passing game...
Clifford, who upped his record to 5-3, has emerged once again as a strong number two man behind Brown. "Basically, I was using my head a lot better out there and pacing myself because I had gone two innings in the first game. When you're up a few runs, you don't monkey around against hitters like these. You just put it hard over the plate," he said afterwards...
After firing a four man aggregate of 321 on Thursday, the Crimson managed a 322 on Friday to finish deadlocked with Yale at 643 for the tournament. The Elis won this event last year...