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...divan can be a place to sit and do nothing. But the Arabic word has more active meanings. In Persia, a diwan was originally a brochure; later it came to signify a meeting place, a ministry, a court, an account book, a great hall, even a collection of poems, as in the West-Eastern Divan of the German writer Goethe. Its newest meaning is a special kind of music. The West-Eastern Divan is the name of an orchestra dreamt up after the chance meeting in a London hotel of an unlikely couple, Israeli conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim...
PRINCETON (12-9, 7-2) Bechtold 7-11 5-8 21, Persia 2-6 2-3 11, Martin 3-6 0-0 10, Wente 2-3 1-1 9, Venable 4-4 1-1 9, El-Nokali 1-4 1-4 5, Wysocki 1-3 1-2 3, Robins 2-5 0-2 2, Wallace 0-1 0-1 0. Totals...
Halftime: Harvard 30-23. 3-pt. goals: P 11-22 (Bechtold 5-8, Persia 2-3, Wente 1-1, El-Nokali 1-4, Venable 1-1, Wysocki 1-2, Wallace 0-1, Robins 0-2), H 8-20 (Harvey 5-11, Merchant 1-3, Gellert 1-1, Prasse-Freeman 1-3, Winter 0-2). Fouled out: Harvey, Sigafoos. Rebounds: P 24 (Martin 10), H 27 (Gellert, Prasse-Freeman 5). Assists: P 14 (Wente 4), H 12 (Prasse-Freeman 5). Fouls...
Despite the huge momentum play, Princeton again remained composed. Sophomore guard Ed Persia converted a lay-up and senior forward Mike Bechtold drained a three-pointer to push the Princeton advantage to 50-45 with two minutes left...
...Nokali, Bechtold, Logan and Ed Persia are all back. In addition, key reserves Wente, a sometime starter last year, and Wysocki, the Ivy Rookie of the Year, return. Finally, Ray Robins, a sophomore starter two years ago before taking last season off, and Chris Krug, who started in the 1998-99 season as a freshman before taking two years off, have rejoined the team. Ultimately, Thompson seems to have settled on El-Nokali, the oft-injured Bechtold, Logan, Wente and Wysocki as his starting five, but Persia and Robins have both seen significant minutes off the bench...