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COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI Rides of the Midway...
...hedonistic odyssey in Rides of the Midway (Norton; 316 pages; $25.95) involves eye-popping quantities of liquor and drugs. Those pursuits leave Noel increasingly at odds with the God-fearing Southerners around him, particularly his stepfather, who looks remarkably like Billy Graham. Mississippi-raised author Lee Durkee portrays his hero's feckless dissolution with considerable comic flair and a sharp eye for regional manners, good and bad. There isn't much profundity on display here, but readers will finish the book feeling they've been treated to quite a ride...
Columbia, buoyed by a three-game winning streak and a pre-game celebration of its undefeated 1951 championship squad, blew out of the blocks so quickly the game looked like it was over midway through the first half, with the Lions sporting a 23-7 lead...
...Crimson turned in an impressive defensive performance in the second period. Harvard held UNH to just four shots on goal, even while being shorthanded for four minutes midway through the period...
...convey the level of authority the officials had in this game, it takes only the description of a single sequence. Midway through the second period, a referee spotted a nearby mass of Harvard and Northeastern players exchanging words and shoves. It appeared that the referee would take action as he aggressively skated towards the skirmish, but as the thin man neared the ferocious women, he awkwardly shied away like a timid child...