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Beckett's two-act play is a highly abstracted vision of existence and of an enduring human spirit. The major character is an aging and chatty woman named Winnie who is buried, first up to her waist and later up to her neck, in a mound of sand. In spite of her tortuous condition Winnie maintains a constant banter of praise for her life, always hitting upon one thing or another that is "wonderful" about her circumstances. Her day, the start of which is signaled by a mysterious bell, is begun with a prayer, almost too ironical, "to a world...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: What Winnie Finds Wonderful | 8/16/1974 | See Source »

...Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., to smuggle coke through Mexico, was caught with 2.6 kilos concealed under his bell-bottom trousers. Katherine Lou Simmons, 25, a Hollywood pianist, was arrested when officials discovered that her roundly curved belly was not a sign of pregnancy; she had strapped a mound of coke to her lower abdomen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: A Tragic Trail's End for the Yankee Mules | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

Holt, aften an inconsistent sophomore season, blossomed into Harvard's premier starter this year, and teamed up with Don Driscoll and Mike O'Malley to give Harvard the top one-two-three mound corps in the East. Holt was one of two pitchers named to the EIBL squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holt Named All-Star | 6/10/1974 | See Source »

...contemplates the dugout's top step. When the team fails to hustle, he does not say a word. Even more disturbing to the team, Dark seems to possess a reverse Midas touch with the pitching staff. He yanks effective throwers too soon, often leaves struggling ones on the mound too long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Alvin Dark: Dugout Disciple | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...FICKLE FINGER AWARD goes to Princeton ace Scott McHenry for displaying his at the Harvard dugout as he walked off the mound...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: A Salute to the '74 Baseball Season | 5/31/1974 | See Source »

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