Word: pleasers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another crowd-pleaser was freshman forward Felipe Farley, whose two second-half dunks brought the Crimson bench to its feet. The 6-ft., 8-in. Farley tallied 15 points, almost all of them from within four feet of the basket. Farley started out looking tentative underneath, but as the points came his way and the fans cheered him on, the Brockport, N.Y., native seemed to gain confidence. Farley hauled in five boards and blocked a shot to round out his debut in a Crimson uniform...
Sophomore diving sensation Dunny Watson proved to be another crowd pleaser. He was joined in the exhibition by members of the Harvard swimming, diving and water polo teams...
...change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet Satch shoots up to the plate." Known for his pinpoint control-and showmanship-Paige could drive five nails into a board with ten pitches. He spent six years on and off in the majors, where he was always a great crowd pleaser and sometimes still a great pitcher. In his last three innings, at 59, he struck out one, gave up one hit and no runs. A homespun philosopher, the Hall of Fame member lived by one abiding rule: "Don't look back. Something may be gaining...
What in the end makes every Pudding Show a crowd-pleaser is the curtain-dropping kick-line. About halfway through the second act plot-lines begin to dissolve into a haze of anticipation; the audience gets restless waiting for the show's payoff. You forget about which actor played what part; they all don the same costumes, line up downstage, and dance. They kick, tap, waltz, jump, charleston--in Serfs Up! they even roll over and kick their feet in the air. This year's kick-line has excitement, surprises, and laughs, and even if the rest of the show...
...Reagan, he latched onto the bad inflation news to defend his own economic crowd pleaser: a $36 billion 1981 tax cut that more than a few economists fear could intensify the price spiral. Reagan had begun talking up a tax cut last winter and spring when the economy started plunging into recession. But in his 30-minute televised economic address late last week, he attacked the President for permitting a near doubling in the so-called misery index (see box) that Carter had badgered Gerald Ford with during the 1976 campaign, and argued in effect that big new cuts would...