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...then adds the little bit extra, the pithy advice that makes us do well." The personality of the man, as well as the counsel of the coach, is the crucial factor. Howard Johnson '81 remarks, "He's inspiring because he's such a stable Rock-of Gibraltar person." Hap Porter '79 sums up the crew's relationship with the coach: I trust him--totally. It's easy to have a winner teach you how to be a winner...

Author: By Leonard H. Shen, | Title: Crew Takes To The Charles: Avast There, Ye Lubbers! | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

...hell on the starting line," grimaces Doug Wood, "The idea of the agony you're going to go through for six minutes is enough to make you quit. And there's always the extra pressure of a Harvard tradition of winning, and your own getting used to winning." Hap Porter adds, "I resign myself. There's an immense amount of controlled energy about to be released--but also immense room for error...

Author: By Leonard H. Shen, | Title: Crew Takes To The Charles: Avast There, Ye Lubbers! | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

Rowinsky got the idea in 1970 at his original store in Porter Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Tackle Cheesecake Challenge | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

...Detroit Pistons crushed the Boston Celtics 160-117 last night, setting a team scoring record. Kevin Porter led the Piston scoring binge with 30 points and chalked up 25 assists. Detroit and Boston now hold equal 25-40 records...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CELTICS | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

...indeed write anybody: old friends like Lowell, literary figures like Katherine Anne Porter and Walker Percy, college chums, priests, nuns, questioning students, aspiring authors, fans, cranks. She described her response to a flirtatious note from a man in Cincinnati: "I wrote [him] that I didn't think I'd like him a bit but he would be crazy about me as I had seven gold teeth and weighed 250 pounds." The diversity of her correspondents brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Letters off Flannery O'Connor | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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