Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the sea of Dominican flags at Fenway Park Friday night, a few of the more traditional Red Sox fans in attendance were getting their first lesson in Spanish. Pedro Martinez, Boston's new ace, was on the mound against the Cleveland Indians, and a large contingent of the city's Dominican population had arrived to lend him their vociferous support. Long before the first pitch, as Martinez warmed up in the bullpen, the chanting and cheering began, and it didn't stop until Pedro's final pitch retired David Justice to end the ninth...
...chilly night on Chicago's Near North Side, and Bill Tomes is sitting comfortably in the warm interior of his silver Buick Park Avenue. Playing softly on the stereo is his favorite cassette, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic's Saint-Saens. For a moment, at least, the melody seems to have transported him away from this place he calls the "killing field," an eerily barren patch of inner-city landscape that glows starkly in his headlights...
...Angeles (Park 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Clark...
...make the inevitable stylistic comparison, the atmosphere feels like a slightly closer-to-home version of "South Park." Overlaid on bad Shakespeare, the result turns out to be surprisingly funny. In one of the most hilariously effective touches, the celebration that sets the scene for Pericles' and Thaisa's romance metamorphoses into a terrifyingly believable middle-school dance--complete with strobe lights, the electric slide and the immediate clearing of the dance floor when the slow songs begin. (Who doesn't remember those magical, sweaty nights in the school cafeteria...
...JamesBuswell '70 may have been eggheads as well, butbeing an egghead has its benefits. Chances are, ata conservatory, musicians like McHenry would notfind that their friends are delighted for themwhen they're bouncing off the walls after a reallygood lesson. Nor would one find a duo of pianistslike Andrew Park '01 and Woo, who "sit there andjust laugh." Park knows the answer to the Harvardquestion, too, as everyone does. When asked "Whyare you here?" by a peer, Park provides a gentlereminder: "For the same reason that you are." Youcan't argue with that.CrimsonSamuel P. Tepperman-GelfantTHE FOUR TOPS: Members...