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...favorite is Spring When I Was 19--on the three-stringed sanshin and makes an entry in his diary, as he has every night for the past decade. "This way," he says, "I won't forget my Chinese characters. It's fun. It keeps my mind sharp." For a nightcap he may have a sip of the wine he makes from aloe, garlic and tumeric. And as he drifts off, he says, "my head is filled with all the things I want to do tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Live To Be 100 | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

That was what, in 1966, brought the sisters of Dulwich Hill to Goonellabah, to a subtropical hillside adjoining the Nightcap Range. "There seemed to be the need for places of prayer in Australia at that time," recalls Sister Bernadette, now the prioress, who has seen three sisters buried in the high-walled garden. Prayer is the air that they breathe. It's what brings them from their cells with the toll of the bell at 5:10 each morning, and what shapes their day, spent mainly in silence. There's morning prayer, private prayer, thanksgiving prayer, Vespers, and streams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In a State of Grace | 7/29/2004 | See Source »

Hendricks got sweet redemption in Hanover on May 2, pitching a 5-0 gem, bringing the Crimson within one game of the lead. But in the nightcap Dartmouth’s Stephen Perry pitched a complete game, holding Harvard to two runs, earning a 7-2 victory, and clinching the Red Rolfe division title for the Big Green...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Falls Just One Game Short | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

Finally, just a few hours later in the nightcap of the doubleheader, Hendricks came in from third base to toss the final inning, the calm in the middle of a storm of base hits and ball fours. He picked up the win when his team rallied in the bottom of the ninth...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: End of an Era: Trey Hendricks | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...simply shrugged it off and drove in the final Crimson run in a pivotal, 5-3 win in game three. Then Wallace rapped out three more hits in the division-clinching nightcap...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE PROMISED LANDE: Heroes Rise From the Ashes on Sunday | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

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