Word: players
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...known as ragas. Neither scales nor modes, ragas are separate, individual series of notes-there are thousands of different ragas-most of them passed orally from one musician to another. In combination with the drummer's rhythm, a raga gives the starting theme of a composition. The sitar player can improvise as long as he does not use notes other than those included in the basic raga. Each raga expresses an individual mood, e.g., tranquillity, loneliness, love, heroism, and is designed to be performed at a clearly specified hour...
...Canary Islands, a third sailed with Conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez unsuccessful expedition to Florida. The current and 17th Marquis de Portago does his dangerous living in the world of sports. At 28. lean and swarthy Alfonso de Portago has been a champion jai-alai player, a fine swimmer, a superb polo player, a leading gentleman jockey, an Olympic bobsled star, and is one of the best sports-car racers in the world. When he rolls his sleek, shovel-nosed 3.5-liter Ferrari up to the starting line for the Florida International twelve-hour Grand Prix...
...improvement-of-returning-lettermen category, the squash situation is not too serious. Either Larry Sears or Charlie Hamm could develop into a number one man able to lead the entire collegiate pack. Sears has proven that he is one of the top intercollegiate players. He has lost but one match for the Crimson over the past two years and was the only player to take a game from Navy's John Griffiths in the Intercollegiates at M.I.T., until Griffiths ran into Heckscher and defeat in the finals...
Hamm, a sophomore, also has the necessary potential for a top collegiate player. He is fast, hits with tremendous power, and is the possessor of a very deft touch game to complement his hard drives...
Radcliffe's only other defeat in scheduled play this year was a 40-37 loss at St. Regis College, where the team faced not only tough opposition, but a cheering section complete with six cheerleaders. "Positively appalling," one Annex player noted...