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...never revealed—floated lightly over an airy sound in the strings. Hangen led the listener on a tour of the personalities of the variations, whether in the quirky spiccato passages of the violins or the dance-like slurs of the winds. The lovely muted sounds of the ninth variation, “Nimrod,” created an especially noble effect as the main theme was, for the first time, drawn out in a long line sustained by swells of sound. In the final variation, Elgar returned to himself. Hangen paced the last variation very well...
...Harvard men’s golf team regrouped after a lackluster day one to make a solid appearance at the Big Five Classic in Philadelphia this weekend. Nearly every player’s scores plummeted on day two, earning the Crimson a ninth-place finish ahead of both Cornell and Penn, the host of the tournament. A standout performance by freshman Mark Pollak anchored the team. With individual scores of 71 and 77, the recruit was the only player not to blink on day one. “My game had been finally turning around, and I was pretty confident...
...Puritan roots are deep," Hef told TIME. "We're fascinated by sex and afraid of it." Hefner didn't seem skittish; he indulged in it at every chance he got. Life at the mansion was lavish and lascivious-a Puritan's ninth circle of hell. Strolling grounds populated with imported squirrel monkeys, flamingos and llamas, dotted with waterfalls and full of celebrities, Peter O'Toole said: "This is the way God would have done it if he had the money." Adds a guest: "It was like going to some infant's paradise, where you could eat all the candy...
...moved to Milwaukee the following year and became the Brewers) giving both leagues twelve teams each. Prior to that year, the regular season champs from each league went straight to the World Series. So when cellar-dwellers like the New York Mets and the Houston Astros got stuck in ninth or tenth place early in the season, their pennant hopes were crushed by the middle...
...decisive fifth game of the 1976 ALCS, with the Yankees and Royals tied 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth, Yankee first baseman Chris Chambliss belted a game-winning home run, sparking bedlam in the Bronx. Thousands of delirious fans rushed the field, mobbing Chambliss as he ran the bases. Chambliss fled to safety before stepping on home plate, and, after police had finally cleared the diamond, emerged from the dugout to touch home only to find a fan had stolen it. "Where home plate had been imbedded, there was an empty bottle of Hiram Walker peach-flavored brandy...