Word: points
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Norma Barton and Kathleen McCloskey finished one-two in the 100 yard butterfly, putting Harvard over the magic 66 point mark, the meet was all over. In fact, one anonymous team member asked, "Can't we go home...
Dionysus and the nerd wander off together, the latter eventually drawn into the plot as a sexual outlet for Granny (Bernadette Ward), who replaces Aristophanes' female chorus. He periodically peers out from atop the triangular point of the Acropolis, for no apparent reason...
...sets them to writing letters, usually not to each other but to dead people, themselves, imaginary characters, or the author. The letters go on forever through 700 pages, and though Barth's details follow an intricately laid-out pattern, there seems to be very little point to it all. Barth's writing remains contortedly witty, and alone gives Letters some value, but Barth might have shown some regard or consideration for his readers and restrained his verbosity...
...decade after Apollo, other space motifs also abound. Battlestar Galactica cruisers must have caused problems at some point--each bears a red label announcing "Redesigned Toy-Missiles Cannot Be Launched." Kind of makes you wonder...
Harvard responded with freshman Calvin Dixon leading a sweet fast break with a beguiling pass to classmate Lamax Flatt for a ten-foot jumper, Harvard sixth straight point and a tie at 40 with less than a minute remaining in the half...