Word: misses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard field hockey team is going to miss captain Sara (Blondie) LeBlond when she graduates this June. Not only does LeBlond stabilize the defense and provide leadership, but she also tells the best dirty jokes on the squad...
Defense is certainly not the most glamorous of all positions, but that doesn't bother LeBlond in the least. "I don't miss scoring at all. I'd rather help keep away goals than score them." What makes Sara such an exceptional player is her ability to anticipate the other team's next move and come up with the key interception or tackle...
...field hockey team is going to miss LeBlond...
...COLD Saturday morning down at MIT's New Athletic Center finds the atmosphere quiet but cheerful. Today, the three Flight groups of cadet squadron one are meeting for drill, and everyone is very polite. People salute each other. A civilian visitor is addressed as 'Ma'am' or 'miss.' The cadets gather in small groups, straightening each other's name plates and wiping doughnut crumbs off the blue serge of Air Force ROTC's winter uniform in preparation for inspection. "It's not like anything is going to happen to you if your shoes aren't shined enough," says Steven Perry...
...course, one can't miss a chance to say one more thing about Apocalypse Now. Who could pass up such an opportunity? First, and for the 100th time, Robert Duvall is magnificent as Kilgore, and when he heaves out that guttural "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," his power is unbelievable. So much of Apocalypse Now is unbelievable; the jungle, the eerie lights of the encampments, the unreal G.I. show, Wagner pouring out of choppers. Francis Ford Coppola comes so close to coaxing this monstrous myth into flight. Yet, at the end he fails because he abandons...