Word: parred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...novel and a number of television plays, moved nearby 14 years ago. Unlike other outsiders, he found much more than birds and quiet. Akenfield is the absorbing result. It is remarkable both as literature-a kind of Suffolk Spoon River-and as a sociological report on a par with Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, a journalistic study of poverty in 19th century Britain...
Harvard had hoped to get revenge on Vilanova after being badly beaten by the Wildeats last week, but when it became clear that the Crimson was running a sub-par team, those hopes vanished...
...abide phantasy, fools, excess and dreams. The Bible and church history is loaded with all of these categories. Christ was a dreamer. The martyrs were excessive as they leaped at the lions and the flames. St. Francis and his little band of bearded, be-sandaled, begging Italians were fools par excellence. Phantasy? Look to the Apocalypse and the books of Daniel, and Ezechiel. Contemplation is a dream self-induced by asceticism or Godgiven ecstasy, but not too practical...
Senior John Ballantyne, whom Harrison replaces, is running in Hornblower's place, but is also sub-par physically. Without a healthy Hornblower, and with Ballantyne's effectiveness hampered. Harvard's ground game will be in serious trouble...
...Crimson is still sub-par physically with linebacker Gary Farneti and safety Fred Martucci nursing injuries. Offensively, Drew Czulewicz is still missing. But Harvard's defense was only slightly hampered last week when it was subjected to a much stronger passing threat than Cornell can offer, and it seems doubtful that Marinaro will break away very often...